Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy

Jayesh Patel; Melissa Swee

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767

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Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy

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Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy

Jayesh Patel and Melissa Swee

IDCases, Vol.21, p.e00767

01/01/2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767

PMCID: PMC7248659

PMID: 32477868

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Abstract

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. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Title: Subtitle: Neurotoxoplasmosis mimicking primary brain malignancy
Creators: Jayesh Patel - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Melissa Swee - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: IDCases, Vol.21, p.e00767
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00767
PMID: 32477868
PMCID: PMC7248659
NLM abbreviation: IDCases
ISSN: 2214-2509
eISSN: 2214-2509
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 2
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2020
Academic Unit: Nephrology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984359668202771

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