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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| author | Alejandro M. E. Boero Pedro Garaguso Jorge Navarré |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-57faa1ff77364d80a7cfab82e25be6ee2025-08-20T03:19:20ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271991-03-0149111111310.1590/S0004-282X1991000100018S0004-282X1991000100018A case of cerebral sparganosis in South AmericaAlejandro M. E. Boero0Pedro Garaguso1Jorge Navarré2Hospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos MejíaHospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos MejíaHospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos MejíaCerebral 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000100018&lng=en&tlng=en |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro M. E. Boero Pedro Garaguso Jorge Navarré A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| title | A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America |
| title_full | A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America |
| title_fullStr | A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America |
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| title_short | A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America |
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