Case 11-2020: A 37-Year-Old Man with Facial Droop, Dysarthria, and Kidney Failure

A 37-year-old man with a history of injection-drug use presented with a facial droop, dysarthria, and kidney failure. The creatinine level was 16.1 mg per deciliter. Ultrasonography showed enlarged kidneys; CT showed decreased attenuation in the deep frontal white matter and striatal region on the l...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2020-04, Vol.382 (15), p.1457-1466
Hauptverfasser:	Berns, Jeffrey S, Rapalino, Otto, Fenves, Andrew Z, El Khoury, Joseph B, Klepeis, Veronica E, Anahtar, Melis N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Adult Amyloidosis - complications Amyloidosis - diagnosis Blood tests Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - pathology Brain Abscess - diagnosis Brain Abscess - etiology Case reports Creatinine Diagnosis, Differential Dysarthria - etiology Facial Paralysis - etiology Glomerulonephritis - diagnosis Hepatitis Heroin Dependence - complications HIV Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunoglobulins Kidney - diagnostic imaging Kidney - pathology Kidney diseases Kidneys Male Mens health Mucormycosis - complications Mucormycosis - diagnosis Neostriatum Peritoneal Dialysis Renal failure Renal Insufficiency - etiology Renal Insufficiency - therapy Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications Substantia alba Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	A 37-year-old man with a history of injection-drug use presented with a facial droop, dysarthria, and kidney failure. The creatinine level was 16.1 mg per deciliter. Ultrasonography showed enlarged kidneys; CT showed decreased attenuation in the deep frontal white matter and striatal region on the left side. A diagnostic test was performed.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMcpc1916252