| Cerebral toxoplasmosis: case review and description of a new imaging sign. | |
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PMID: 19348854 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Toxoplasmosis can have catastrophic consequences in immunocompromised patients if left untreated. Accurate diagnosis is difficult, as there is substantial overlap between the imaging findings and presenting clinical syndromes of cerebral toxoplasmosis and primary central nervous system lymphoma. This paper reviews the previously described and fairly well-known post-contrast computed tomography (CT) and T1-weighted (W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) target signs seen in toxoplasmosis. In addition, it offers a new imaging sign, the T2W/FLAIR (fluid attenuated inversion recovery) target sign, which is often seen in clinical practice but not well-published, as an aid to the diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis. |
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Authors:
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R Masamed; A Meleis; E W Lee; G M Hathout |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2009-01-25 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical radiology Volume: 64 ISSN: 1365-229X ISO Abbreviation: Clin Radiol Publication Date: 2009 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-04-07 Completed Date: 2009-05-06 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1306016 Medline TA: Clin Radiol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 560-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. rmasamed@mednet.ucla.edu |
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Central Nervous System Neoplasms
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diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Humans Lymphoma / diagnosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods* Retrospective Studies Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / diagnosis* |
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