Case Report: Calcified Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Associated with Perilesional Edema in People Living with HIV/AIDS: Case Series of a Presentation Mimicking Neurocysticercosis

Vidal J.E.; Rivero R.L.M.; de Sousa dos Santos S.; Guedes B.F.; Gomes H.R.; Penalva de Oliveira A.C.; Garcia H.H. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022) · DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1175

Resumen

Perilesional edema, associated or not with neurological manifestations, is a well-characterized finding in cases of calcified neurocysticercosis. There are no previous reports of HIV-related calcified toxoplasmosis that mimics this presentation of neurocysticercosis. We report on five patients, four of them with new-onset neurological manifestations, who showed brain calcifications associated with perilesional edema. All cases had a history of HIV-related toxoplasmosis and current virological and immunological control of HIV infection. Similar to neurocysticercosis, brain calcified toxoplasmosis may cause perilesional edema and symptoms in people living with HIV/AIDS. Copyright

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia