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Pineal toxoplasmosis mimicking pineal tumor in an AIDS patient
T P Poon1, M Behbahani, I Matoso
1Department of Pathology, New York Medical College-Metropolitan Medical Center, NY 10029.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
A pineal mass in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is reported. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a nodular mass in the pineal region with foci of calcification and obstruction of the aqueduct mimicking a pineal tumor. At autopsy, the brain revealed a well-circumscribed lesion with central necrosis in the pineal region suggestive of toxoplasma and involving the periaqueductal area. Susceptibility of a patient with AIDS to opportunistic infections should be considered.