Neurotoxoplasmosis. A case report

Authors

  • Juan de la Concepción Torres Marín Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina Interna y Medicina General Integral. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Profesor Auxiliar. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado", Pinar del Río.
  • Juan Torres Ruiz Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina Interna. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Profesor Auxiliar y Consultante. Policlínico Universitario "Luis Augusto Turcios Lima". Pinar del Río.
  • Yordanka Romero Gómez Médico General Básico. Policlínico Universitario "Hermanos Cruz". Pinar del Río.
  • Marvelia Díaz Calzada Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Profesor Auxiliar. Policlínico Universitario "Luis Augusto Turcios Lima". Pinar del Río.
  • Diana Amelia Crespo Fernández Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Atención Integral a la Mujer. Profesora Auxiliar. Policlínico Universitario "Luis Augusto Turcios Lima". Pinar del Río.

Keywords:

Poisoning/diagnosis/complications.

Abstract

It was carried out the presentation of a 45 year-old patient with antecedents of being seropositive to the HIV and that had begun 10 days ago with agitation and increase of the inferior members' volume and daily fevers. All this together to a marked decline after several days of having entered began with vomits. They were carried out the complementary ones that were majority normal, it presented lightly low hemoglobin (105g/L), leucopenia to polimorfos prevalence, and to the physical exam, the pain to the palpatión and mobilization so much active as passive, as well as the edema of both inferior members, great irritability, and a axial computaraizer tomographi was also appreciated that it concluded that it was a Neurotoxoplasmosis. The authors revise the topic and they narrate their experiences in the handling of the case.

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2012-10-29

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Torres Marín J de la C, Torres Ruiz J, Romero Gómez Y, Díaz Calzada M, Crespo Fernández DA. Neurotoxoplasmosis. A case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 29 [cited 2025 Aug. 29];16(5):178-87. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/983

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Vol. 16 No. 5 (2012)

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CASE REPORTS

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