Background: Toxoplasmosis is an uncommon disease in immunocompetent people.
Case Characteristics: We report an adolescent boy with central nervous system toxoplasmosis who presented with progressive lower cranial nerve palsies and a ring-enhancing lesion on neuroimaging.
Intervention: Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis was confirmed on histopathology of the excised lesion.
Message: Toxoplasmosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of focal brain lesions irrespective of immune status.
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