A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America

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 subseq...

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Main Authors: Alejandro M. E. Boero, Pedro Garaguso, Jorge Navarré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1991-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000100018&lng=en&tlng=en
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