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Headaches And Hemiparesis In An Immunocompetent Inmate, Andrea Gilbert Jelinek, Christine Fuller, Ahmet Baykal, Kimberly Stogner-Underwood, Hope Richard, Knarik Arkun

Pathology Publications

This is a case of a 22 year-old African American male inmate with no significant past medical history who regularly cleaned moldy bathrooms and showers during his incarceration. The patient presented with progressive development of left-sided weakness, dizziness, headaches, and vomiting over a two month period. In summary, we report this case to boost awareness of the potential for CNS phaeohyphomycosis infection to present as a clinical and radioimaging mimic of high grade glioma. Our patient, a previously healthy adult, is one of less than a dozen cases of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Bipolaris documented in the literature, and is …