Solitary hypothalamopituitary toxoplasmosis abscess in a patient with AIDS

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Legrand, Laurence ^a   Catherine, L ^a   Brivet, F ^a   Musset, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PROTEIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; VASOPRESSIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMOPITUITARY TOXOPLASMOSIS; HYPOTHERMIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAIN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYURIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINUSITIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 79959311071     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2139     Document Type: Article

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