Cerebral schistosomiasis: MR and CT appearance.
After returning from Africa, a 54-year-old man began to have episodes of headache and nausea, then a cerebral convulsion. Clinical and laboratory findings and response to chemotherapy indicated the diagnosis of cerebral schistosomiasis. Three lesions were seen on CT and MR studies: two appeared to be subacute intracerebral hematomas, one in the right parietal lobe and one in the frontal lobe; the third lesion, in the cortex of the left occipital lobe, appeared to be a cyst. These lesions could represent small granulomatous tissue reactions with secondary hemorrhages.
Preidler
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Department of Radiology, Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria.
Riepl
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Szolar
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Ranner
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000175:diagnosis; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed