Cerebral cysticercosis.
A 44-year-old female underwent a right frontal craniotomy under a diagnosis of metastatic brain tumor and a fluid-filled cystic lesion was extirpated. One rice grain sized nodule was identified in the cyst and histopathological examination of the nodule showed a scolex with hooks and suckers. These macro and microscopic findings indicated a diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis, caused by infection of the larval stage of some type of Taenia species. A therapeutic course of praziquantel was given after craniotomy. The patient has been a resident of the Kanto area of Japan since birth and has never been outside Japan.
Ohnishi
K
K
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Japan.
Murata
M
M
Nakane
M
M
Takemura
N
N
Tsuchida
T
T
Nakamura
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007814:Larva; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013621:Taenia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification
D011223:Praziquantel