Expanding Spectrum of Toxoplasma gondii : Thymoma and Toxoplasmic Encephalitis

In this brief report, we describe a 76-year-old patient with thymoma who underwent craniotomy for a left parietal lobe mass with pathologic findings consistent with encephalitis in the absence of any features of thymoma with immunodeficiency/Good's syndrome. His clinical course suggested likely...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inOpen forum infectious diseases Vol. 5; no. 7; p. ofy163
Main Authors Chastain, Daniel B, Sams, Joeanna I, Steele, Gregory M, Lowder, Lindsey O, Franco-Paredes, Carlos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 01.07.2018
Subjects
Brief Report
thymoma
Toxoplasma gondii
parasitic infection
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:In this brief report, we describe a 76-year-old patient with thymoma who underwent craniotomy for a left parietal lobe mass with pathologic findings consistent with encephalitis in the absence of any features of thymoma with immunodeficiency/Good's syndrome. His clinical course suggested likely reactivation.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofy163