Put a Ring to it: Disseminated Nocardia Beijingensis Mimicking Metastatic Disease (P9-3.010)

Bobbi Thursam; Aileen Antonio; Muhammad Farooq; Bryan Figueroa

doi:10.1212/wnl.0000000000216258

June 9, 2026Neurology

Put a Ring to it: Disseminated Nocardia Beijingensis Mimicking Metastatic Disease (P9-3.010)

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To describe a unique case of disseminated Nocardia beijingensis presenting as ring-enhancing lesions in the central nervous system.
Detailed case presentation of an immunocompromised patient with central nervous system lesions.
Diagnostic imaging techniques were utilized to identify ring-enhancing lesions.
The patient was ultimately diagnosed with disseminated Nocardia beijingensis.
The presentation of the disease closely mimicked metastatic cancer.

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To present a rare case of central nervous system ring-enhancing lesions in an immunocompromised patient, ultimately diagnosed with disseminated Nocardia beijingensis.

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