DIFFUSE ENCEPHALITIC TOXOPLASMOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT

Diffuse encephalitic toxoplasmosis is an unusual presentation of toxop lasmosis, in which neuroradiological investigations may not show focal abcesses. Until now it was only reported in immunocompromised patient s. In immunocompetent patients, cerebral toxoplasmosis is very unusual , and appears as multiple abcesses, like the classic form in immunocom promised patients. We report the case of an immunocompetent patient wh o presented a diffuse encephalitic toxoplasmosis; CT and MR examinatio ns showed only nonspecific features of brain swelling and cortical inf arct due to vasculitis.