Cerebral sparganosis mansoni--case report.
An 80-year-old male with paresis of the right upper extremity underwent surgery for a suspected metastatic brain tumor. A live Sparganum mansoni worm was removed from the parietal lobe through a left parietal craniotomy. Retrospective evaluation of magnetic resonance (MR) images revealed ipsilateral ventricular dilatation, despite the presence of a mass lesion resembling a metastatic brain tumor. This interesting MR imaging finding is an important point for differentiating between a brain tumor and cerebral sparganosis.
Okamura
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Department of Neurosurgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Yamamoto
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Ohta
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Matsuoka
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Uozumi
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D013032:Sparganum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed