Role of Imaging in a Case of Toxoplasmosis Presenting as Generalized Lymphadenopathy

Toxoplasmosis is caused by Toxoplasma gondii an obligate protozoan intracellular parasite. The disease has variable prevalence globally and is usually asymptomatic. Pregnant and immunocompromised people are at risk of getting infected. Enlarged lymph nodes are the most frequently observed clinical f...

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Autores principales: Pratap, Thara, Jalal, Muhammed Jasim Abdul, K., Vishnu A., Raja, Senthil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8448221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34556929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1734226
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author Pratap, Thara
Jalal, Muhammed Jasim Abdul
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Raja, Senthil
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description Toxoplasmosis is caused by Toxoplasma gondii an obligate protozoan intracellular parasite. The disease has variable prevalence globally and is usually asymptomatic. Pregnant and immunocompromised people are at risk of getting infected. Enlarged lymph nodes are the most frequently observed clinical form of Toxoplasma in humans, mostly affecting posterior cervical nodes. Other organs usually affected are the brain and eyes. We present a case of toxoplasmosis with generalized lymphadenopathy mimicking metastasis in a lady with a previous history of operated pancreatic neoplasm.
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spelling pubmed-84482212021-09-22 Role of Imaging in a Case of Toxoplasmosis Presenting as Generalized Lymphadenopathy Pratap, Thara Jalal, Muhammed Jasim Abdul K., Vishnu A. Raja, Senthil Indian J Radiol Imaging Toxoplasmosis is caused by Toxoplasma gondii an obligate protozoan intracellular parasite. The disease has variable prevalence globally and is usually asymptomatic. Pregnant and immunocompromised people are at risk of getting infected. Enlarged lymph nodes are the most frequently observed clinical form of Toxoplasma in humans, mostly affecting posterior cervical nodes. Other organs usually affected are the brain and eyes. We present a case of toxoplasmosis with generalized lymphadenopathy mimicking metastasis in a lady with a previous history of operated pancreatic neoplasm. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2021-04 2021-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8448221/ /pubmed/34556929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1734226 Text en Indian Radiological Association. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort role of imaging in a case of toxoplasmosis presenting as generalized lymphadenopathy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1734226
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