AIDS-related cerebral toxoplasmosis with hyperintense foci on T1-weighted MR images: a case report.
The neuroradiological findings are helpful for the diagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis. The T1 hypersignal intensity foci on brain magnetic resonance (MR) images without contrast enhancement are presented and can be a pathognomonic sign of this disease.
Maeda
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International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan. tmaeda@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Fujii
T
T
Matsumura
T
T
Endo
T
T
Odawara
T
T
Itoh
D
D
Inoue
Y
Y
Okubo
T
T
Iwamoto
A
A
Nakamura
T
T
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G