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Myelopathy: An Unusual Presentation of Toxoplasmosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

S. Nag  and
A.C. Jackson
S. Nag*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
A.C. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Neurology), Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
*
Department of Pathology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Abstract:

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Central nervous system toxoplasmosis is a well known disease of immunocompromised patients. Neuropathologic examinations have only rarely demonstrated spinal cord involvement. This report describes a fatal case of toxoplasmosis that presented with a subacute myelopathy. Toxoplasmosis should be considered in immunocompromised patients, including patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, that develop intramedullary lesions of the spinal cord.

Résumé:

RÉSUMÉ:

La toxoplasmose du système nerveux central est une maladie bien connue chez les patients immunocomprornis. L'atteinte de la moëlle épinière a rarement été démontrée à l'examen neuropathologique chez ces patients. Nous rapportons un cas de toxoplasmose fatale dont le mode de présentation a été une myélopathie subaiguë. La toxoplasmose doit être envisagée chez les patients immunocomprornis, incluant les patients atteints du syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise, qui développent des lésions intramédullaires de la moëlle épinière.

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Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , November 1989 , pp. 422 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1989

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