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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017

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Central Nervous System Brucellosis Granuloma and White Matter Disease in Immunocompromised Patient

Mohammed AlqwaiflyComments to Author , Fahad S. Al-Ajlan, Hindi Al-Hindi, and Abdulaziz Al Semari
Author affiliations: Qassim University College of Medicine, Qassim, Saudi Arabia (M. Alqwaifly); King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (F.S. Al-Ajlan, H. Al-Hindi, A. Al Semari)

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Histologic analysis of a brain biopsy specimen from a 46-year-old immunocompromised woman with central nervous system brucellosis granuloma and white matter disease, Saudi Arabia. A) Low magnification view of cerebral cortex showing infiltration by perivascular lymphocytes and histiocytes. Histiocytes form small nonnecrotizing granuloma (center) (original magnification ×100). B) High magnification view showing an angiocentric epithelioid granuloma cuffed by mature lymphocytes (original magnifica

Figure 2. Histologic analysis of a brain biopsy specimen from a 46-year-old immunocompromised woman with central nervous system brucellosis granuloma and white matter disease, Saudi Arabia. A) Low magnification view of cerebral cortex showing infiltration by perivascular lymphocytes and histiocytes. Histiocytes form small nonnecrotizing granuloma (center) (original magnification ×100). B) High magnification view showing an angiocentric epithelioid granuloma cuffed by mature lymphocytes (original magnification ×200). Hemotoxylin and eosin stain.

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