Affiliation:
1. Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University; Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Hospital
2. Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Abstract
Toxoplasmosis of the brain is a pressing issue in the practice of neurologists and neurosurgeons. Most patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis are persons with AIDS. However, toxoplasmic encephalitis can develop in patients with any immunodeficiency conditions that lead to reactivation of toxoplasmosis infection in the central nervous system. Although cerebral toxoplasmosis is not a neurosurgical pathology, patients sometimes require neurosurgical interventions: diagnostic biopsy and lesion removal. Moreover, literature shows cases of removal of brain lesions initially mistaken for a brain tumor, which, as a rule, occurs when the patient’s HIV status is unknown and the severity of their condition does not allow for a comprehensive additional examination.This article reviews Russian and foreign publications on neurosurgical interventions in patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis.
Publisher
Scientific Research Institute - Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital No 1
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