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Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy
Toxoplasma gondii infection is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition in immunocompromised patients in the setting of solid organ transplantation. We present the case of cerebral toxoplasmosis which presented as a solitary intracranial space-occupying lesion in a patient who received...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32477868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767 |
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author | Patel, Jayesh Swee, Melissa |
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description | Toxoplasma gondii infection is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition in immunocompromised patients in the setting of solid organ transplantation. We present the case of cerebral toxoplasmosis which presented as a solitary intracranial space-occupying lesion in a patient who received a combined kidney and pancreas transplant more than twenty years ago. Initially, the lesion was considered as a primary brain malignancy based on brain imaging but surprisingly the brain biopsy led to the correct diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-72486592020-05-29 Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy Patel, Jayesh Swee, Melissa IDCases Article Toxoplasma gondii infection is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition in immunocompromised patients in the setting of solid organ transplantation. We present the case of cerebral toxoplasmosis which presented as a solitary intracranial space-occupying lesion in a patient who received a combined kidney and pancreas transplant more than twenty years ago. Initially, the lesion was considered as a primary brain malignancy based on brain imaging but surprisingly the brain biopsy led to the correct diagnosis. Elsevier 2020-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7248659/ /pubmed/32477868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Patel, Jayesh Swee, Melissa Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
title | Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
title_full | Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
title_fullStr | Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
title_short | Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
title_sort | neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32477868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767 |
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