Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy.
Toxoplasmosis
Transplant infection
Journal
IDCases
ISSN: 2214-2509
Titre abrégé: IDCases
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101634540
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
08
04
2020
accepted:
09
04
2020
entrez:
2
6
2020
pubmed:
2
6
2020
medline:
2
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32477868
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767
pii: S2214-2509(20)30075-5
pii: e00767
pmc: PMC7248659
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e00767Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s).