[Neurotoxoplasmosis presenting as multifocal suppuration and hemorrhage. Case report]

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1997 Mar;55(1):126-9. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1997000100020.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Neurotoxoplasmosis is one of the commonest infections in immunosuppressed patients, and rarely presented in the hemorrhagic form. We describe a case with multiple nodular hemorrhagic lesions with perilesional edema in the computed tomography. The neuropathological study showed focal lesions, necrosis and microorganisms compatible with toxoplasmosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Brain / parasitology
  • Brain Abscess / etiology*
  • Brain Abscess / pathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Toxoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / complications*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / diagnostic imaging