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. 1996 Sep;17(8):1598-600.

Cerebral schistosomiasis: MR and CT appearance.

K W Preidler 1, T Riepl 1, D Szolar 1, G Ranner 1
PMCID: PMC8338709  PMID: 8883665

Abstract

After returning from Africa, a 54-year-old man began to have episodes of headache and nausea, then a cerebral convulsion. Clinical and laboratory findings and response to chemotherapy indicated the diagnosis of cerebral schistosomiasis. Three lesions were seen on CT and MR studies: two appeared to be subacute intracerebral hematomas, one in the right parietal lobe and one in the frontal lobe; the third lesion, in the cortex of the left occipital lobe, appeared to be a cyst. These lesions could represent small granulomatous tissue reactions with secondary hemorrhages.

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