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

N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 9;382(15):1457-1466. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1916252.

Authors

Jeffrey S Berns¹, Otto Rapalino¹, Andrew Z Fenves¹, Joseph B El Khoury¹, Veronica E Klepeis¹, Melis N Anahtar¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - both in Philadelphia (J.S.B.); and the Departments of Radiology (O.R.), Medicine (A.Z.F., J.B.E.K.), and Pathology (V.E.K., M.N.A.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Radiology (O.R.), Medicine (A.Z.F., J.B.E.K.), and Pathology (V.E.K., M.N.A.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 32268031
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1916252

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Amyloidosis / complications
Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology*
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Brain Abscess / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Dysarthria / etiology
Facial Paralysis / etiology*
Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis
Heroin Dependence / complications
Humans
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Kidney / pathology*
Male
Mucormycosis / complications
Mucormycosis / diagnosis*
Peritoneal Dialysis
Renal Insufficiency / etiology*
Renal Insufficiency / therapy
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography