Toxoplasmosis Showing Atypical Brain Lesion in an Immunocompetent Patient With Complex Partial Seizure
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
; : 61-63, 2009.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that typically manifests as multiple brain lesions of varying sizes. Toxoplasmosis usually causes neurological complications in immunocompromised patients while it is mostly asymptomatic in healthy subjects. A 19-year-old Peruvian woman presented with seizure, and MRI of the brain disclosed a nodular lesion in the left parietal lobe. This case of toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient required extensive differential diagnoses and treatments.
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Main subject:
Parasites
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Parietal Lobe
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Seizures
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Toxoplasma
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Brain
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Toxoplasmosis
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Immunocompromised Host
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Diagnosis, Differential
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
Year:
2009
Type:
Article