Eccentric target sign in cerebral toxoplasmosis: Neuropathological correlate to the imaging feature

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1469-1472

  Kumar, G G Sharath ^a   Mahadevan, A ^a   Guruprasad, A S ^a   Kovoor, Jerry M E ^a   Satishchandra, P ^a   Nath, Avindra ^b   Ranga, Udaykumar ^c   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral toxoplasmosis; Eccentric target sign; HIV; MR imaging; Pathological correlation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOMA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERMEABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 77952831786     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22192     Document Type: Article

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