Table 1.

Clinical, treatment, ELISA and MRI information for 18 children with cerebral sparganosis

Case	Age/sex	Ingestion of pathways	Presenting symptom(s)	Results of ELISA		Treatment	MRI follow-up period (m)	MRI enhancement Patterns
				Serum	CSF
1	6/F	Frog (2y ago)	Headache, altered mental status	+	+	Praziquantel	NF	tortuous linear shaped enhancement
2	3/M	NI	Seizures	+	+	Degenerated worm removed	NF	serpiginous tubular enhancement
3	5/M	NI	Hemiparesis, dizziness	+	+	Praziquantel	2	beaded enhancement
4	11/M	NI	Headache, seizures	+	+	Praziquantel	NF	ring enhancement
5	14/F	Frog (6y ago)	Altered mental status	+	+	Praziquantel	6	tortuous linear shaped enhanceme
6	4/F	Untreated water (for 1y)	Hemiparesis	+	+	Removal of live worm	NF	ring enhancement
7	7/M	NI	Headache, blurred vision, palsy	+	+	Praziquantel	1	beaded enhancement
8	13/M	uncooked crabs (8y ago)	Seizures, altered mental status	+	+	Praziquantel	5	beaded enhancement
9	15/M	NI	Headache, projectile vomiting	+	+	Degenerated worm removed	NF	ring enhancement
10	9/F	NI	Hemiparesis	+	+	Praziquantel	7	comma shaped and ring enhancement
11	12/M	uncooked crabs (6y ago)	Seizures, hemiparesis	+	+	Praziquantel	NF	beaded enhancement
12	9/F	NI	Headache, intermittent seizures	+	+	Live worm removed	7	serpiginous tubular enhancement
13	9/M	NI	Headache, seizures, blurred vision	+	+	Praziquantel	5	nodular enhancement
14	10/M	NI	Headache, altered mental status	+	+	Praziquantel	NF	beaded enhancement
15	7/F	NI	Seizures	+	+	Praziquantel	3	beaded enhancement
16	5/M	NI	Seizures, dizziness	+	+	Praziquantel	NF	serpiginous tubular enhancement
17	6/F	NI	Altered mental status	+	+	Praziquantel	7	nodular enhancement
18	17/F	Untreated water (for 5y)	Seizures	+	+	Praziquantel	NF	beaded enhancement

Note:NI = no ingestion; + = positive; - = negative; NF = no follow-up.