CEREBRAL TOXOPLASMOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH THE ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME PRESENTING AS OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS

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EGGERS, C [1 ]
VORTMEYER, A [1 ]
EMSKOTTER, T [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HAMBURG,KLINIKUM EPPENDORF,NEUROPATHOL ABT,D-20246 HAMBURG,GERMANY
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AIDS; EPENDYMITIS; HYDROCEPHALUS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We report the case of an adult AIDS-patient with an unusual pattern of toxoplasmic encephalitis resembling the congenital form of the disease. Extensive exudative ependymitis and plexitis caused obstruction of internal CSF-pathways with rapid development of hydrocephalus. CT showed hydrocephalus and multifocal hypodense non-enhancing lesions. Direct microscopy of the CSF demonstrated Toxoplasma organisms.
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