Open AccessCerebral schistosomiasis
Author(s) -
Naveen Ravi,
W.X. Yi,
L. Yu,
H.J. Ping,
D.Z. Hao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sa journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2078-6778
pISSN - 1027-202X
DOI - 10.4102/sajr.v17i4.8
Subject(s) - schistosomiasis , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , nervous system , pathology , helminthiasis , helminths , immunology , radiology , psychiatry
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