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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
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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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author Mustafa, Salma
Matarneh, Ahmad S
Mohamed, Abdelaziz
Fadul, Abdalla
Musa, Muzamil
Mohamed, Rowaa I
Abdallah, Eltayeb
Mohamed, Tameem G
author_facet Mustafa, Salma
Matarneh, Ahmad S
Mohamed, Abdelaziz
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Musa, Muzamil
Mohamed, Rowaa I
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Mohamed, Tameem G
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-105815032023-10-18 Cerebral Neuroschistosomiasis Presenting as a Brain Mass Mustafa, Salma Matarneh, Ahmad S Mohamed, Abdelaziz Fadul, Abdalla Musa, Muzamil Mohamed, Rowaa I Abdallah, Eltayeb Mohamed, Tameem G Cureus Neurology 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. Cureus 2023-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10581503/ /pubmed/37854757 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45418 Text en Copyright © 2023, Mustafa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mohamed, Abdelaziz
Fadul, Abdalla
Musa, Muzamil
Mohamed, Rowaa I
Abdallah, Eltayeb
Mohamed, Tameem G
Cerebral Neuroschistosomiasis Presenting as a Brain Mass
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title_short Cerebral Neuroschistosomiasis Presenting as a Brain Mass
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581503/
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