Pseudotumoral form of cerebral Schistosomiasis Mansoni

Pseudotumoral form of cerebral Schistosomiasis Mansoni

The authors report a case of 36-year-old woman presented with epileptic seizures and headaches. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an enhancing lesion with surrounding edema and mild mass effect in the left frontal lobe. Stereotactic brain biopsy demonstrated intraparenchymal granulomas surrounding S. mansoni eggs. Praziquantel was started (60mg/kg of body weight, in a single dose), foll...

Mast Cells Kinetics during Experimental Schistosomiasis mansoni in Mice

Increased number of mast cells at the site of infection is widely regarded as important host defense against parasites. The kinetics of mucosal mast cells and connective tissue mast cells responses were studied in the intestines of 68 female CFLP mice infected with 100 Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. The number of mucosal mast cells and the connective tissue mast cells increased from week 3 and ...

Ultrasound in schistosomiasis mansoni

Abdel Wahab et al. (1979) were the first to report the ultrasound features of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni. Their findings were confirmed by several investigators in Africa (Fataar et al. 1984, Hussain et al. 1984) and in Brazil (Cerri et al. 1984, Domingues et al. 1993, Pinto-Silva et al. 1994, Lambertucci et al. 2001, 2008). Table I summarises the main findings reported by the above ...

Schistosomiasis mansoni -- clinical features.

In the present review, we will discuss the Schistosoma mansoni form, which is the most widely distributed schistosome in humans and is found both in the Old and New Worlds. The main features of the natural history of mansonic schistosomiasis are reviewed, with emphasis on the clinical forms of the disease, their diagnosis and treatment.

Schistosomiasis mansoni of the prostate.