Case Author(s): Daniel Appelbaum, MD and Farrokh Dehdashti, MD , 5/8/00 . Rating: #D3, #Q4

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Brief history:

29 year old HIV positive female with a past history of CNS toxoplasmosis now presents with new onset seizures.

Images:

Selected axial and coronal MR images are shown. What is your differential diagnosis? How could you further distinguish between benign and malignant etiologies?

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View second image(pb). Axial images from a brain PET study.

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