TITLE:
Differentiation and diagnosis of migrating cerebral sparganosis: 2 case reports from China
AUTHORS:
Xunya Hou, Donald P. McManus, Zhaoyang Lou, Sixi Chen, Yuesheng Li
KEYWORDS:
Chinese; Spirometra; Sparganosis; Cerebral Sparganosis; Diagnosis; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Differentiation
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.1 No.2,
December
18,
2012
ABSTRACT: Human cerebral sparganosis is a rare but neglected parasitic disease. We present details of the diagnosis of two cases of migrating cerebral sparganosis from China based on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging combined with epidemiological information and serology. Its differentiatial diagnosis from other parasitic diseases, tuberculoma and brain tumor by neuroimaging is briefly discribed.