Cerebral Sparganosis
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Cerebral sparganosis.
A 22 years male patient presented with recurrent seizures, CT and MRI diagnosis of tuberculoma was made and the patient was treated. When seizures persisted, a craniotomy was done and the excised mass revealed an abscess with a segment of broad solid non-cavitory body, wall with no scolex and loose stroma and smooth muscle fibers. A diagnosis of sparganosis cerebral abscess was made. The case i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.24.427