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The present study reports the case of a 53-year-old man with leptomeningeal metastasis from early glottic laryngeal cancer. The patient had been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the glottic larynx 9 years previously. The current symptoms included a recurring headache that had persisted for
BACKGROUND
Normocellular bacterial meningitis is rarely observed in adult patients. We here report two cases of adult patients with pneumococcal meningitis with a normal cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte count and review eight other cases in the literature.
METHODS
Case 1 was a 34-year-old Japanese
BACKGROUND
Standard immunosuppression after lung transplantation includes calcineurin inhibitors, azathioprine, and steroids. Calcineurin inhibitor administration is associated with an increased renal impairment. Sirolimus shows no renal toxicity and could be used in selected patients.
METHODS
We