Toxoplasmosis presenting as brain abscesses. Diagnosis by computerized tomography and cytology of aspirated purulent material.
A patient with brain abscesses caused by Toxoplasma gondii is described. Presence of brain abscesses was confirmed by computerized tomography, and T. gondii was identified as the etiologic agent in cytologic preparations of aspirated purulent material from one of the abscesses.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*