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A case of cerebral sparganosis in South America
A M Boero1, P Garaguso, J Navarré
1Division of Neurology, Ramos Mejia Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Cerebral sparganosis (CS) is a parasitic infection caused by the larva of Spirometra mansonoides. Rarely it can affect the human brain. We report the case of a 24-year old man from Paraguay who suffered from seizures and headache for one year. A frontal tumor was diagnosed by CT-scan and was subsequently resected. The pathological examination revealed a larva with Sparganum characteristics. The evolution of the patient was satisfactory. As far as we know, this is the first case of CS reported in South-America.