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Cerebral Neuroschistosomiasis Presenting as a Brain Mass

Neuroschistosomiasis is a rare manifestation of schistosomal infections presenting with cerebral and spinal cord involvement. We reported a case of a 31-year-old woman who presented with a history of headache, dizziness, and nausea. Brain MRI with contrast showed features suggestive of brain lesion...

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Autores principales: Mustafa, Salma, Matarneh, Ahmad S, Mohamed, Abdelaziz, Fadul, Abdalla, Musa, Muzamil, Mohamed, Rowaa I, Abdallah, Eltayeb, Mohamed, Tameem G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37854757
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45418
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Sumario:Neuroschistosomiasis is a rare manifestation of schistosomal infections presenting with cerebral and spinal cord involvement. We reported a case of a 31-year-old woman who presented with a history of headache, dizziness, and nausea. Brain MRI with contrast showed features suggestive of brain lesion with edema, and a serology test for Schistosoma was positive. She was diagnosed with neuroschistosomiasis and treated with intravenous steroids followed by praziquantel resulting in a significant regression of the brain mass. Cerebral neuroschistosomiasis is a rare complication of Schistosoma infection, and clinicians should consider it among the differential diagnosis of unexplained brain lesions.