[Neurotoxoplasmosis presenting as multifocal suppuration and hemorrhage. Case report].
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.
Piovesan
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EJ
Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brasil.
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Scola
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Torres
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Hidalgo
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Werneck
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging