Acute toxoplasmosis complicated with myopericarditis and possible encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient

Alfredo Juan Chiappe Gonzalez; Ivan Vargas Matos; Vicente Massucco Revoredo

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00772

Acute toxoplasmosis complicated with myopericarditis and possible encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient

IDCases. 2020 Apr 24:20:e00772. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00772. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Alfredo Juan Chiappe Gonzalez^{1

2}, Ivan Vargas Matos², Vicente Massucco Revoredo²

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Nacional Dos De Mayo, Peru.
² Clínica Angloamericana, Peru.

Abstract

We document a case of a 34-year-old man with no medical previous history, presenting with lymphoproliferative syndrome associated to Toxoplasma gondii infection complicated with myopericarditis and possible encephalitis, whose diagnosis was made with lymph node biopsy, cardiac imaging, serology compatible with acute toxoplasmosis and clinical response after treatment.

Keywords: Encephalitis; Myopericarditis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis.

Publication types

Case Reports