Cerebral sparganosis: a diagnostic challenge

Cerebral sparganosis is a rare cestode larval parasitic infestation of the nervous system. We report a 28-year-old female from South India with a temporo-occipital mass lesion, which mimicked a tuberculoma on imaging. She received antituberculous therapy for 7 months. Surgical excision of the mass r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of neurosurgery 2008-12, Vol.22 (6), p.784-786
Hauptverfasser:	Rengarajan, S., Nanjegowda, N., Bhat, D., Mahadevan, A., Sampath, S., Krishna, S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging Brain Diseases - parasitology Brain Diseases - surgery Cestoda Diagnosis, Differential Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic - etiology Female Humans Infections Medical diagnosis Mycobacterium Nervous system Parasites Radiography Sparganosis - diagnosis Sparganosis - surgery Therapy Treatment Outcome Tuberculoma, Intracranial - diagnosis Tuberculoma, Intracranial - drug therapy Tuberculosis Women
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