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KMID : 0425120220600010035
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2022 Volume.60 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.38
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Delayed Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in a Kidney Transplant Patient: a Case Report
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Myeong Ho-Sung
Park Moo-Wan
Kim Ji-Eun
Park Sun-Won
Lee Sang-Hyung
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Abstract
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Cerebral toxoplasmosis is often life-threatening in an immunocompromised patient due to delayed diagnosis and treatment. Several differential diagnoses could be possible only with preoperative brain images of cerebral toxoplasmosis which show multiple rim-enhancing lesions. Due to the rarity of cerebral toxoplasmosis cases in Korea, the diagnosis and treatment are often delayed. This paper concerns a male patient whose cerebral toxoplasmosis was activated 21 years post kidney transplantation. Brain open biopsy was decided to make an exact diagnosis. Cerebral toxoplasmosis was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and PCR analyses of the tissue samples. Although cerebral toxoplasmosis was under control with medication, the patient did not recover clinically and died due to sepsis and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding.
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KEYWORD
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Cerebral toxoplasmosis, kidney transplantation, multiple rim-enhancing lesion, PCR, brain open biopsy
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