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İmmun Bağışıklığı Normal Olan Bir Hastada Diffüz Serebral Toksoplazmozis
Author(s) -
Emre Kumral,
Aslı Köşkderelioğlu,
Sabri Atalay,
Şebnem Özkören,
Deniz Gökengin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
turkish journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1309-2545
pISSN - 1301-062X
DOI - 10.4274/tnd.99810
Subject(s) - medicine
Background. Cerebral involvement of toxoplasmosis is an unusual presentation in nonimmunocompromised individuals, and the diagnosis may be challenging due to insignificant radiological findings.\udResult. We present a case of severe toxoplasma encephalitis in an immunocompetent individual mimicking clinical picture of vertebrobasilar ischemia at onset.\udConclusion. The highest diagnostic yield was the detection of DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination of the brain tissue which has been also diagnostic in our patien

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