[Pubmed] CNS toxoplasmosis, a rare presentation in a patient with Myasthenia Gravis

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IDCases. 2023 May 9;32:e01780. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01780. eCollection 2023.

ABSTRACT

We report the case of a 78-year-old man with a past medical history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma s/p chemotherapy and Myasthenia Gravis on chronic mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), who presented with altered mental status and was found to have ring enhancing brain lesions. A brain biopsy revealed organisms consistent with Toxoplasma gondii. Cerebral toxoplasmosis has been rarely reported in patients with hematologic malignancies or in those receiving immunosuppressive agents. There needs to be a high degree of suspicion for T. gondii in HIV-negative individuals who are on immunosuppressants drugs including MMF.

PMID:37229280 | PMC:PMC10205443 | DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01780


Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3722928 ... t6+86293ac