Cerebral Schistosomiasis

نویسندگان
چکیده

برای دانلود باید عضویت طلایی داشته باشید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Cerebral schistosomiasis.

Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) is one of the most widespread parasitoses in the world (about 300 million affected people). The central nervous system may be involved. We were unable to find a published description of the computed tomographic (CT) appearance of intracerebral schistosomiasis. This article reports a case. CT disclosed a large infiltrating mass lesion that mimicked a glioblastoma. ...

متن کامل

Seizures and cerebral schistosomiasis.

BACKGROUND Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic trematoid worm that infects humans. Schistosomiasis is endemic in parts of South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and some Caribbean islands. Disorders of the liver and gastrointestinal tract are the most common clinical manifestations. The central nervous system is not usually affected. The most common neurologic manifestation is trans...

متن کامل

Multimodality imaging of Cerebral Schistosomiasis

A. J. Idema, J. Wilbers, P. Krooshof, A. C. Koetsveld, P. Wesseling, W. van der Graaf, A. Gijtenbeek, W. Oyen, and A. Heerschap Neurosurgery, UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, Neurology, UMC St Radboud, Netherlands, Analytical Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Pathology, UMC St Radboud, CWZ, Netherlands, Medical Oncology, UMC St Radboud, N...

متن کامل

Cerebral schistosomiasis: MR and CT appearance.

After returning from Africa, a 54-year-old man began to have episodes of headache and nausea, then a cerebral convulsion. Clinical and laboratory findings and response to chemotherapy indicated the diagnosis of cerebral schistosomiasis. Three lesions were seen on CT and MR studies: two appeared to be subacute intracerebral hematomas, one in the right parietal lobe and one in the frontal lobe; t...

متن کامل

Experimental cerebral schistosomiasis japonica in primates.

Aspects of the pathogenesis of cerebral schistosomiasis have been elucidated. Arterial embolization alone, by either worms or eggs, does not appear to be likely as a major cause of the disease. When large numbers of eggs enter the brain, sensitization may play a role in the occurrence of neurological signs. These studies support but do not prove the theory that worms in the cerebral veins lay e...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: JBNC - JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE NEUROCIRURGIA

سال: 2018

ISSN: 2446-6786

DOI: 10.22290/jbnc.v22i3.1019