South African Journal of Radiology (Nov 2013)

Cerebral schistosomiasis

  • Naveen Ravi,
  • W.X. Yi,
  • L. Yu,
  • H.J. Ping,
  • D.Z. Hao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v17i4.8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 143 – 144

Abstract

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Although schistosomiasis (bilharzia) is one of the most common parasitic infections in humans, schistosomal infection of the nervous system is rare. This report is of an unusual case of primary cerebral schistosomiasis and describes its magnetic resonance imaging appearance.

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