Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Findings in Fetal MRI

Toxoplasma gondii infection, when acquired as an acute infection during pregnancy, can have substantial adverse effects on fetuses. We present the case of a 19-year-old pregnant woman with no previous relevant medical history. The ultrasound in the third trimester showed brain and abdominal abnormalities such as congenital hydrocephalus, volume loss of the brain parenchyma, and hepatosplenomegaly. The laboratory test showed positive IgM for Toxoplasma gondii. MRI was performed for better assessment and it shows the lesions in the central nervous system and other organs with more details.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Cureus

• Publication date

  2021-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.7759/cureus.16894PMID 34513467PMCID 8417349
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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