Toxoplasmosis Showing Atypical Brain Lesion in an
Immunocompetent Patient With Complex Partial Seizure

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 27(1); 2009 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2009;27(1): 61-63.

복합부분발작을 보인 정상면역 환자에서 비전형적 뇌 병변으로 나타난 톡소포자충증

김영일, 양지혜 임성철 안재영 김영인 이광수 김중석

가톨릭대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Toxoplasmosis Showing Atypical Brain Lesion in an Immunocompetent Patient With Complex Partial Seizure

Young Il Kim

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that typically manifests as multiple brain lesions of varying sizes. Toxoplasmosis usually causes neurological complications in immunocompromised patients while it is mostly asymptomatic in healthy subjects. A 19-year-old Peruvian woman presented with seizure, and MRI of the brain disclosed a nodular lesion in the left parietal lobe. This case of toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient required extensive differential diagnoses and treatments. Key Words: Toxoplasmosis, Seizure