[Acquired cerebral toxoplasmosis: 3 anatomoclinical cases]. 1984

P Graveleau, and D Henin, and M Masson, and C Daumas-Duport, and J Graveleau, and J Cambier

Clinical and pathological findings in three adults with toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system are reported. Symptoms and signs in the first patient, a Haitian woman who had lived in France for 2 years, were suggestive of a right hemispheric space-occupying process. The second case was a woman treated for Hodgkin's disease who showed symptoms and signs of a meningoencephalitis. The presenting lesion in case 3 mimicked a tumor of the posterior fossa. Analysis of these 3 cases and of those previously reported underlines: 1) diagnostic difficulties, particularly in immunodepressed patients; 2) the effectiveness of immunoperoxidase for pathological diagnosis; 3) the poor prognosis due to absence of a specific treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008590 Meningoencephalitis An inflammatory process involving the brain (ENCEPHALITIS) and meninges (MENINGITIS), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions. Cerebromeningitis,Encephalomeningitis,Cerebromeningitides,Encephalomeningitides,Meningoencephalitides
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D001927 Brain Diseases Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM. Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders,Brain Disorders,CNS Disorders, Intracranial,Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial,Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders,Encephalon Diseases,Encephalopathy,Intracranial CNS Disorders,Brain Disease,Brain Disorder,CNS Disorder, Intracranial,Encephalon Disease,Encephalopathies,Intracranial CNS Disorder
D003951 Diagnostic Errors Incorrect or incomplete diagnoses following clinical or technical diagnostic procedures. Diagnostic Blind Spots,Errors, Diagnostic,Misdiagnosis,Blind Spot, Diagnostic,Blind Spots, Diagnostic,Diagnostic Blind Spot,Diagnostic Error,Error, Diagnostic,Misdiagnoses
D005260 Female Females
D005602 France A country in western Europe bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the Mediterranean Sea, and the countries of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the principalities of Andorra and Monaco, and by the duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital is Paris. Corsica,Saint Pierre and Miquelon,Miquelon and Saint Pierre,Miquelon and St. Pierre,St. Pierre and Miquelon
D006205 Haiti A republic in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Port-au-Prince. With the Dominican Republic it forms the island of Hispaniola - Haiti occupying the western third and the Dominican Republic, the eastern two thirds. Haiti belonged to France from 1697 until its rule was challenged by slave insurrections from 1791. It became a republic in 1820. It was virtually an American protectorate from 1915 to 1934. It adopted its present constitution in 1964 and amended it in 1971. The name may represent either of two Caribbean words, haiti, mountain land, or jhaiti, nest. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p481 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p225)
D006689 Hodgkin Disease A malignant disease characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and general lymphoid tissue. In the classical variant, giant usually multinucleate Hodgkin's and REED-STERNBERG CELLS are present; in the nodular lymphocyte predominant variant, lymphocytic and histiocytic cells are seen. Granuloma, Hodgkin,Granuloma, Malignant,Hodgkin Lymphoma,Lymphogranuloma, Malignant,Granuloma, Hodgkin's,Granuloma, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult,Hodgkin's Disease,Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Hodgkins Disease,Lymphocyte Depletion Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphocyte-Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma,Disease, Hodgkin,Disease, Hodgkin's,Disease, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Granuloma,Hodgkin's Granuloma,Hodgkins Granuloma,Hodgkins Lymphoma,Lymphocyte Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphogranulomas, Malignant,Lymphoma, Hodgkin,Lymphoma, Hodgkin's,Malignant Granuloma,Malignant Granulomas,Malignant Lymphogranuloma,Malignant Lymphogranulomas,Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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