Cerebral schistosomiasis: MR and CT appearance

After returning from Africa, a 54-year-old man began to have episodes of headache and nausea, then a cerebral convulsion. Clinical and laboratory findings and response to chemotherapy indicated the diagnosis of cerebral schistosomiasis. Three lesions were seen on CT and MR studies: two appeared to b...

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Published in:	American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 1598 - 1600
Main Authors:	Preidler, KW, Riepl, T, Szolar, D, Ranner, G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01-09-1996 American Society of Neuroradiology
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Brain Diseases - diagnosis Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging Brain Diseases - parasitology Case Reports Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnosis Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging Diseases caused by trematodes Frontal Lobe - diagnostic imaging Frontal Lobe - pathology Granuloma - diagnosis Granuloma - diagnostic imaging Headache - diagnosis Helminthic diseases Hematoma - diagnosis Hematoma - diagnostic imaging Humans Infectious diseases Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nausea - diagnosis Occipital Lobe - diagnostic imaging Occipital Lobe - pathology Parasitic diseases Parietal Lobe - diagnostic imaging Parietal Lobe - pathology Schistosomiases Schistosomiasis - diagnosis Schistosomiasis - diagnostic imaging Seizures - diagnosis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Human Nervous system diseases Radiodiagnosis Trematode disease Exploration Male Parasitosis Helminthiasis Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging Cerebral disorder Infection Case study Schistosomiasis Central nervous system disease Computerized axial tomography Brain (vertebrata)
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Summary:	After returning from Africa, a 54-year-old man began to have episodes of headache and nausea, then a cerebral convulsion. Clinical and laboratory findings and response to chemotherapy indicated the diagnosis of cerebral schistosomiasis. Three lesions were seen on CT and MR studies: two appeared to be subacute intracerebral hematomas, one in the right parietal lobe and one in the frontal lobe; the third lesion, in the cortex of the left occipital lobe, appeared to be a cyst. These lesions could represent small granulomatous tissue reactions with secondary hemorrhages.
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ISSN:	0195-6108 1936-959X