title: Clinical and imaging characteristics of cerebral schistosomiasis.
abstract: In recent years, there has been a trend for increased incidence of cerebral schistosomiasis. It is often misdiagnosed because of the diversity of clinical symptoms. We wished to explore clinical characteristics and imaging findings in cerebral schistosomiasis. We retrospectively analyzed clinical data, laboratory tests, CT, and MRI results in 11 patients with cerebral schistosomiasis. All patients had chronic cerebral schistosomiasis (five with epilepsy type, five with brain tumor type, and one patient with stroke type). All patients with brain tumor type were misdiagnosed as having gliomas. There were typical findings on CT and MRI. In conclusion, clinical manifestations of cerebral schistosomiasis are variable, and the rate of misdiagnosis is high. For more precise diagnosis, a combination of laboratory and imaging data is required.
authors.affiliation: Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China.
authors.forename: Liquan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mingcan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Daofeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Shijie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Baohui
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qianxue
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Junmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Baowei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shenqi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Xiaonan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhentao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D011223:Praziquantel