Behçet's syndrome / AIDS / cerebral toxoplasmosis: an unusual association
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Hydrocephalus: an unusual CT presentation of cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
We describe a case of central nervous system (CNS) toxoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Supratentorial hydrocephalus as a result of aqueductal collapse was the only abnormal finding on computed tomography scan. Toxoplasma gondii is the most common pathogen organism in high-risk AIDS's patients with involvement of the CNS.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31801994000300003