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Case 96. Toxoplasmosis of lung (50 y-o F)
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| Multifocal interstitial lung lesions seen in an autopsied adult T-cell leukemia patient after chemotherapy |
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Key words : Toxoplasma gondii, interstitial pneumonia
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opportunistic infection, zoonosis
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| Alveolar pneumocytes are infected by Toxoplasma gondii, presenting tachyzoite-filled terminal colonies (HE). | Interstitial fibrosis is multifocally provoked by Toxoplasma infection (HE). Fibrinous exudation is associated. | |
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| Toxoplasma gondii antigens are demonstrated in a good number of stromal cells in the fibrotic lesion (immunostaining using a polyclonal antibody). | ||
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