Unusual manifestation of cutaneous toxoplasmosis in a HIV-positive patient

Trop Biomed. 2010 Dec;27(3):447-50.

Abstract

We report a case of unusual cutaneous toxoplasmosis manifestation in a HIV-positive patient. He presented with hard and painful nodular lesions on the arms, hands and chest. Serology tests for anti-Toxoplasma antibody were negative. However, histopathologic examination of the lesion revealed foci of macrophages containing crescent-shaped organisms resembling the zoites of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Ultrastructure examination under electron microscopy and PCR confirmed the organism as T. gondii.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
  • Arm / pathology
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hand / pathology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic / pathology*
  • Thorax / pathology
  • Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasmosis / pathology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan