Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions

Multiple ring-enhancing lesions on brain MRI in an immunocompromised patient are frequently associated with opportunistic infections such as toxoplasmosis. In this report, we describe the case of a patient with HIV/AIDS who was found to having multiple ring-enhancing lesions and was diagnosed with a...

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Main Authors: Nishant Patel, Rishi Charate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921000214
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spelling doaj-be3ef3bd91f446388eaf8dc4b4f88c0e2021-06-17T04:47:02ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092021-01-0124e01065Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesionsNishant Patel0Rishi Charate1Corresponding author.; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USAMultiple ring-enhancing lesions on brain MRI in an immunocompromised patient are frequently associated with opportunistic infections such as toxoplasmosis. In this report, we describe the case of a patient with HIV/AIDS who was found to having multiple ring-enhancing lesions and was diagnosed with a primary central nervous system lymphoma.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921000214HIVLymphomaToxoplasmosisAntiretroviral therapyRing-enhancing lesion
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Rishi Charate
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Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
IDCases
HIV
Lymphoma
Toxoplasmosis
Antiretroviral therapy
Ring-enhancing lesion
author_facet Nishant Patel
Rishi Charate
author_sort Nishant Patel
title Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
title_short Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
title_full Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
title_fullStr Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis of primary CNS lymphoma in a HIV patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
title_sort diagnosis of primary cns lymphoma in a hiv patient with multiple ring-enhancing lesions
publisher Elsevier
series IDCases
issn 2214-2509
publishDate 2021-01-01
description Multiple ring-enhancing lesions on brain MRI in an immunocompromised patient are frequently associated with opportunistic infections such as toxoplasmosis. In this report, we describe the case of a patient with HIV/AIDS who was found to having multiple ring-enhancing lesions and was diagnosed with a primary central nervous system lymphoma.
topic HIV
Lymphoma
Toxoplasmosis
Antiretroviral therapy
Ring-enhancing lesion
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921000214
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