ABSTRACT
Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, presenting with ventriculitis and obstructive hydrocephalus without any focal parenchymal lesion.
Subject(s)
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/complications , Encephalitis/parasitology , Hydrocephalus/parasitology , Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/complications , AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis , AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy , Adult , Encephalitis/diagnosis , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Hydrocephalus/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/diagnosis , Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/drug therapyABSTRACT
Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, presenting with ventriculitis and obstructive hydrocephalus without any focal parenchymal lesion.
