RESUMO
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.
Assuntos
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/complicações , Encefalite/parasitologia , Hidrocefalia/parasitologia , Toxoplasmose Cerebral/complicações , Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/diagnóstico , Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Encefalite/diagnóstico , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Hidrocefalia/diagnóstico , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Toxoplasmose Cerebral/diagnóstico , Toxoplasmose Cerebral/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
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.
