title: [Cerebral sparganosis in a child: case report].
abstract: We are reporting the case of an 8-year-old boy with history of seizures in whom the pathology exam of 2.5 by 3 cm surgical specimen obtained from a cortical-subcortical area of the de right occipital lobe showed a chronic granulomatous inflammatory process with a Spirometras pp larva. The patient was born and lived several years at a rural area of Tarija (Bolivia). This appears to represent the first reported case of this parasitic infection localized to the brain of a child in Argentina.
authors: Hospital de Niños Superiora Sor María Ludovica, La Plata, Buenos Aires. marcelinjones@gmail.com
authors: Marta C
authors: MC
authors: Jones
authors: María Rosa
authors: MR
authors: Agosti
authors: Marcelo
authors: M
authors: D'Agustini
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Uriarte
authors: Ricardo
authors: R
authors: Drut
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D020809:Central Nervous System Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis*