A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America.
Cerebral sparganosis (CS) is a parasitic infection caused by the larva of Spirometra 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.
Boero
A M
AM
Division of Neurology, Ramos Mejia Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Garaguso
P
P
Navarré
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology