title: Congenital intracranial filariasis: a case report.
abstract: We present the case of a newborn with intracranial extra-axial collections which mere partially calcified. The underlying cause was shown to be filariasis which had been transmitted from the mother.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fonticiella
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López-Negrete
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: García-Hernández
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orense
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández-Diego
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D008366:Mansonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008368:Mansonelliasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000635:transmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography