title: Cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presenting as obstructive hydrocephalus.
abstract: We report the case of an adult AIDS-patient with an unusual pattern of toxoplasmic encephalitis resembling the congenital form of the disease. Extensive exudative ependymitis and plexitis caused obstruction of internal CSF-pathways with rapid development of hydrocephalus. CT showed hydrocephalus and multifocal hypodense non-enhancing lesions. Direct microscopy of the CSF demonstrated Toxoplasma organisms.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neurologie, Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eggers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vortmeyer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Emskötter
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D004805:Ependyma; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*