title: An unusual case of disseminated toxoplasmosis in a previously healthy pregnant patient: radiographic, CT, and MRI findings.
abstract: Toxoplasmosis is a ubiquitous protozoal infection that during pregnancy commonly affects the fetus severely, with maternal infection usually being mild self-limiting. Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a healthy pregnant woman has, to the best of our knowledge, not been reported before. We present a case of disseminated toxoplasmosis involving pulmonary, central nervous system, and lymph nodes in a pregnant woman and imaging findings on radiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radio-diagnosis and Imaging, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal University, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka, India, samir.pm.19@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paruthikunnan
authors.forename: Balasubramanyam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Rajagopal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kadavigere
authors.forename: Mukhyaprana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: Ramakrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: Harshwardhan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D002981:Clindamycin; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D002955:Leucovorin; D011739:Pyrimethamine