title: [Stereotactic aspiration of Spirometra mansonides larvae].
abstract: Brain sparganosis is a non-common parasite infection by Diphyllobothrium or Spirometra mansonoides larvae. This last one is responsible for most of the infestations in humans. We report a 19 years male patient bearer of a brain sparganosis. The patient presented with headache and left hemiparesis. CT diagnosis of right thalamic lesions was made and aspiration biopsy was performed using stereotactic system, obtaining a whole and death larvae. Histopathology confirms a CNS parasitism and it was treated initially with albendazol. ELISA test confirmed Spirometra spp. infestation. The patient developed asymptomatic with total remission of the lesions. It constitutes the second report in Cuba of brain sparganosis.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.forename: Losmill
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Idelmys
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: Anay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sáez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D003462:Cuba; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013032:Sparganum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013146:Spirometra / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D055815:Young Adult