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Volume 32, Number 1—January 2026

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Disseminated Nocardia ignorata Infection with Splenic and Brain Involvement in Patient with Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Sherif Elbaz, Mahmoud IsmailComments to Author , Seth Glassman, Asmaa Badr, and Eric John Dove
Author affiliation: University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA (S. Elbaz, M. Ismail, S. Glassman, E.J. Dove); The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (A. Badr)

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Figure 1

Computed tomography (CT) images of brain, abdomen, and spine of 79-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and large B-cell lymphoma who had disseminated Nocardia ignorata infection, United States. A–E) Brain CT with and without contrast showing multiple regular peripheral enhancing brain lesions (indicated by arrow and lowercase letters a and b) measuring 2.2 cm at the left frontal lobe (A) and 3.8 cm at the right (B); mildly lobulated at the right posterior lateral temporal lobe (C); and moderate edematous mass (D), resulting in mild brain herniation (E). F, G) CT images of abdomen (F) and pelvis (G). An indeterminate complex lesion measuring 6.1 cm is seen in the spleen (F, arrow).

Figure 1. Computed tomography (CT) images of brain, abdomen, and spine of 79-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and large B-cell lymphoma who had disseminated Nocardia ignorata infection, United States. A–E) Brain CT with and without contrast showing multiple regular peripheral enhancing brain lesions (indicated by arrow and lowercase letters a and b) measuring 2.2 cm at the left frontal lobe (A) and 3.8 cm at the right (B); mildly lobulated at the right posterior lateral temporal lobe (C); and moderate edematous mass (D), resulting in mild brain herniation (E). F, G) CT images of abdomen (F) and pelvis (G). An indeterminate complex lesion measuring 6.1 cm is seen in the spleen (F, arrow).

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