title: Cerebral cysticercosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011223:Praziquantel