Listeria Monocytogenes Brain Abscesses Presenting As Contiguous, Tubular Rim-enhancing Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Case Series and Literature Review

Overview

Journal Neuroradiol J

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Neurology
Radiology

Date 2024 Mar 18

PMID 38494758

Authors

Daniel D Kim

Mohammad Sadic

Boniface Yarabe

James R Loftus

Evan Lieberman

Matthew G Young

Rajan Jain

Siddhant Dogra

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Abstract

Listeriosis has more than a 50% mortality when the central nervous system is involved, necessitating rapid diagnosis and treatment. We present four patients with brain abscesses in the setting of diagnosed neurolisteriosis, all of which demonstrated an odd presentation of multiple small, contiguous tubular lesions with rim enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging. Our review of published cases of neurolisteriosis suggests that this may be a useful pattern to identify neurolisteriosis abscesses, allowing earlier detection and therapy.

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