[Cerebral paragonimiasis-a report of three cases (author's transl)]

Paragonimiasis is a benign parasitic disease caused by Paragonimus westermani and endemic in Japan, mostly in south-western area. Although the lung is the primary site of infection, ectopic involvement of the brain is not uncommon. Over 300 cases of cerebral paragonimiasis have been reported since the first case of this disease described by Ohtani in Japan in 1887. The patient with paragonimiasis in the lung and the brain were though to be decreasing because of the introduction of Bithionol treatment (Yokogawa in 1961) and public health instruction. However, about 20 cases of cerebral paragonimiasis have been reported for 10 years past in Kyushu.