SPINAL-CORD TOXOPLASMA LESION IN AIDS - MR FINDINGS

被引:14
作者
POON, TP
TCHERTKOFF, V
PARES, GF
MASANGKAY, AV
DARAS, M
MARC, J
机构
[1] NEW YORK MED COLL,METROPOLITAN HOSP CTR,DEPT NEUROL,NEW YORK,NY 10029
[2] NEW YORK MED COLL,METROPOLITAN HOSP CTR,DEPT RADIOL,NEW YORK,NY 10029
关键词
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS); SPINAL CORD; DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;
D O I
10.1097/00004728-199209000-00026
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Toxoplasma gondii is the cause of the most common opportunistic infection of the brain in AIDS but is extremely rare as the cause of a solitary lesion of the spinal cord. Symptoms are weakness of the lower limbs followed closely by paralysis unless diagnosed and treated early. We present such a case in an intravenous drug abuser with AIDS and emphasize that MRI is the diagnostic tool of choice and that the index of suspicion should be high in immunosuppressed patients.
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页码:817 / 819
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