Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Nocardia Brain Abscess
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 30 (3) , 266-268
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1974.00490330074014
Abstract
A 33-year-old white man with previously undiagnosed and relatively asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis had a Jacksonian seizure. The diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis was established by open lung biopsy. A craniotomy was performed, and a Nocardia brain abscess was excised. The patient was treated with sulfonamides and recovered. The intra-alveolar phospholipid that accumulates in this disease tends to become infected by opportunistic fungi, particularly Nocardia species. As many as 30% of cases of nocardiosis may show cerebral involvement.Keywords
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