title: Cerebral sparganosis mansoni--case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uozumi
mesh_terms: 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