[A case of human brain infection caused by racemose cysticercus of parenchymal localization in Valdivia, Chile].
A clinical case of cerebral infection by parenchymal racemose cysticercus, diagnosed by means of morphological characteristics in a patient of Valdivia city is described. The rare frequency of parenchymal location of racemose cysticercus as well as its differential diagnosis with other larval stages of cestodes that develop in the brain and its treatment are discussed.
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Instituto de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile.
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D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D002677:Chile; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Un caso de infección humana por cisticerco racemoso cerebral de localización parenquimatosa en Valdivia, Chile.