ABSTRACT
Sparganosis, also known as larval diphyllobothriasis, is a rare disease of humans as man is not a natural host in the life cycle of Spirometra spp. Diagnosis of the latter is difficult as it mimics other conditions that commonly cause subcutaneous or visceral fluid collection. Clinical diagnosis of this particular case was also erroneously labelled as tuberculosis but later labelled as a case of sparganosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case from India where a sparganum-like parasite was isolated in drain fluid from the perinephric area.
Subject(s)
Adult , Animals , Body Fluids/parasitology , Drainage , Humans , India , Male , Microscopy , Perinephritis/parasitology , Perinephritis/pathology , Sparganosis/diagnosis , Sparganosis/pathology , Sparganum/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
Esparganose cerebral (EC) é infecçäo parasitária causada pela larva do Spirometra mansonoides. Raramente afeta o cérebro humano. Descrevemos o caso de um paciente paraguio com 24 anos, que apresentava convulsöes freqüentes e cefaléia há um ano. Tumor frontal foi diagnosticado por TC de crânio e ressecado posteriormente. O exame anátomo-patológico evidenciou larva com características de Sparganum. A evoluçäo do paciente foi satisfatória. Que seja de nosso conhecimento, este é o primeiro caso de EC relatado na América do Sul