Coinfection of cerebral toxoplasmosis and neurosyphilis as the first manifestation of AIDS
Emily Duffus,
Sree Chinta,
Pooja Patel
et al.
Abstract:A male in his 30s with a medical history of newly diagnosed HIV with a CD4 count of 292 cells/mm3presented with a bilateral frontal headache and left upper and lower extremity weakness and paraesthesias. A few months prior, the patient experienced a desquamating rash on his scalp and a pruritic, papular genital rash, which both self-resolved. CT head without contrast revealed extensive vasogenic oedema involving the right basal ganglia, thalamus, temporal and occipital lobes. MRI of the brain with and without … Show more
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