meningitis/fatigue

A 43-year-old man was diagnosed with gastric cancer with diaphragm invasion and multiple lymph node metastases and underwent total gastrectomy. The histological diagnosis was por2>tub2, ypT4b(diaphragm), int, INF c, ly1, v1, ypN3, yp Stage ⅢC. Three months postoperatively, computed tomography

The development of chemotherapy to treat gastric cancer has prolonged its prognosis, and sometimes extremely rare conditions arise. This report describes two patients with carcinomatous meningitis who rapidly progressed into unconsciousness and died. A 60-year-old woman under second-line

Cryptococcal meningitis is a rare disease. It may occur as a superinfection in AIDS patients or other immunosuppressed patients. We describe a case of cryptococcal meningitis in a non-immunosuppressed patient. Initial symptoms were fatigue, depression and headache. A correct diagnosis was made after

METHODS A 37-year-old woman was admitted with total loss of vision of the left eye within 24 hours. Additionally, she complained about fatigue, headache, chills, fever, muscle pain and neck stiffness since 4 days. At admission, the body temperature was 38.7 degrees C. Neurological examination

A 62-year-old man had felt cold-like symptoms for 2 months. He visited a clinic for a health check in late July 1998 and chest X-ray film showed an infiltrative shadow in the left middle and lower lung fields. Next day he had a fever of 38.3 degrees C and felt breathless. Six days thereafter he had

A 47-case-year old male was admitted to our hospital because of high fever and general fatigue. He had no immune deficiency, and had no other disease in his past history. On admission, the white blood cell count and C-reacted protein were severely elevated (18,700/microliter, 27.7 mg/dl,

A 76 year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of pyrexia and fatigue. One year earlier, she was diagnosed as nephrotic syndrome(NS) caused by focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and immunosuppressive therapy was started with marked amelioration of proteinuria. Thereafter, her renal

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is an infection of the central nervous system (CNS) meninges that carries high morbidity and mortality. It is important to recognize, as patients may present with atypical symptoms. We describe the case of a 31-year-old man with a history of diabetes who presented with a

A 65-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital on May 28, 1990, because of recurrent high fever, over 39 degrees C, headache and general fatigue. In June 1988, she suffered the first episode of high fever, headache and general fatigue. Since then, those symptoms attacked her recurrently at

BACKGROUND Purulent meningitis (PM) usually caused by a variety of pyogenic infection, is a kind of central nervous system infectious disease mostly common in children. It is easily misdiagnosed and its symptoms are varied. Excessive application of broad-spectrum antibiotics results in increased

This case describes a rare case of tuberculous meningitis. A 50-year old female presented with seven days of numbness on the left side, fatigue and a three-day headache. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple lesions in the dorsal medulla and upper cervical spinal. After admission, she

The combined immunotherapy of nivolumab and ipilimumab causes a variety of autoimmune-related adverse events (irAEs). The current report details a 70-year-old woman with clear cell renal cell carcinoma metastasis in the lung. Two weeks after two courses of treatment, the patient complained of

A 51-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of fever and general fatigue. Physical examination revealed butterfly-like erythema in face, facial edema and diffuse purpura all over her body. Laboratory data showed renal dysfunction, nephrotic syndrome and active phase of SLE. She was

Cryptococcal meningitis is associated with significant morbidity and is rare among immunocompetent patients. Clinical presentation as well as the course of disease is usually indolent which may delay the diagnosis. We present the case of a 52-year-old woman admitted with headaches, vomiting and

Lyme meningitis is the direct result of invasion of the nervous system by Borrelia burgdorferi. Occurring within the first few months of infection, it initially presents as a chronic basilar meningitis. Much about the pathogenesis of Lyme meningitis has been learned from animal models, the best