A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America
| Autor: | Alejandro M. E. Boero, Pedro Garaguso, Jorge Navarré |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 111-113 (1991) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-4227 0004-282X |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0004-282X1991000100018 |
| Popis: | Cerebral sparganosis (CS) is a parasitic infection caused by the larva of Spirometry mansonoides. Rarely it can affect the human brain. We report the case of a 24-year old man from Paraguay who suffered from seizures and headache for one. year. A frontal tumor was diagnosed by CT-scan and was subsequently resected. The pathological examination revealed a larva with Sparganum characteristics. The evolution of the patient was satisfactory. As far as we know, this is the first case of CS reported in South-America. |
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