title: Cerebral sparganosis: A case report.
abstract: Sparganosis is a rare parasitic infection in humans caused by a larval cestode of the genus Spirometra. Spargana invade muscle, subcutaneous tissue, the eye, urogenital, and abdominal viscera, but the central nervous system (CNS) is not a frequent site of invasion. Here, we describe an 18-year-old patient with cerebral sparganosis and review data from other cases reported in the medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D020809:Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D013032:Sparganum; D013146:Spirometra