Journal of Hematology & Thromboembolic Diseases
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Division Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

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• Mini Review   
  Discrimination between Toxoplasmic Encephalitis and Central Nervous System Lymphoma: An Updated Review
  Author(s): Shingen Nakamura* and Hirokazu Miki
  
  Various opportunistic infections, such as human immunodeficiency virus infections, develop in compromised hosts. The treatment options for Malignant Lymphoma (ML) and Toxoplasmic Encephalitis (TE) are completely different; therefore, discriminating between them is critical. Currently, imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, 201Tl-single photon emission computed tomography, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography and laboratory techniques such as PCR and antibody assays are used. Moreover, there are options for pathological examination using brain biopsy. However, discriminating between ML and TE remains challenging. Here, we describe an update of the discrimination methods between TE and ML... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-8790.24.12.602

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