Cerebral sparganosis presenting with atypical postcontrast magnetic resonance imaging findings: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Sparganosis, a rare and severe parasitic infection caused by the larvae of Spirometra species or simply sparganum, generally involves subcutaneous tissue or muscle. But occasionally, sparganum can also invade the human brain, resulting in cerebral sparganosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 33-yea...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Yueli, Ye, Lingqi, Ding, Xiansan, Wu, Jimin, Chen, Yanxing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4396-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4396-2

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