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. 2013 May 30;2:133. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-133.v1

Figure 2. Brain histopathology of patient 1.

Figure 2.

Significant necrosis with perivascular mixed inflammatory cells, with lymphocyte predominance and concentric vascular wall fibroblastic proliferation. Rare individual Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites and numerous tachyzoites were identified (100X) ( A). Immunophenotyping of the inflammatory cells, showing a mixture of mature T- and B-lymphocytes with CD8+ over CD4+ cell predominance. There was no evidence of other infections or CNS lymphoma (100X) ( B).