Cerebral sparganosis.
A 22 years male patient presented with recurrent seizures, CT and MRI diagnosis of tuberculoma was made and the patient was treated. When seizures persisted, a craniotomy was done and the excised mass revealed an abscess with a segment of broad solid non-cavitory body, wall with no scolex and loose stroma and smooth muscle fibers. A diagnosis of sparganosis cerebral abscess was made. The case is reported in view of the rarity of cerebral sparganosis in India and the need for awareness of the entity in India.
Sundaram
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Departments of Pathology, Neurosurgery and Imageology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad--500 082.
Prasad
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Reddy
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013032:Sparganum / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000469:parasitology; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*