Differentiation and diagnosis of migrating cerebral sparganosis: 2 case reports from China  

作　　者：Xunya Hou Donald P. McManus Zhaoyang Lou Sixi Chen Yuesheng Li 

机构地区：[1]Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, National Key Center on Endemic Diseases in Xiangyue Hospital, Hunan Key Laboratory of Immunology and Transmission Control on Schistosomiasis, Yueyang, China [2]Hunan Key Laboratory of Immunology and Transmission Control on Schistosomiasis, Yueyang, China Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia [3]Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia

出　　处：《Case Reports in Clinical Medicine》2012年第2期13-18,共6页临床医学病理报告（英文）

摘　　要：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.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.

关 键 词：Chinese Spirometra SPARGANOSIS CEREBRAL SPARGANOSIS DIAGNOSIS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Magnetic Resonance Imaging DIFFERENTIATION 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]