1989
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1989000100015
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Esquistossomose mansônica cerebral

Abstract: This paper reports a case of cerebral schistosomiasis in pseudotumoral form, located in the cortex of the left parietal lobe, causing right hemiparesy and intracranial hypertension syndrome, diagnosed by surgical biopsy. Vascular and immunological factors are considered in regard to the physiopathogeny of neuroschistosomiasis. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of more detailed studies, on more accurate diagnosis, and on the publication of the various forms of cerebral involvement in schistosomiasis mansoni. … Show more

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“…The frequency of clinical findings or syndromic diagnosis and respective duration are shown in Table 2. Hypercytosis was present in 249 (66%) of the samples (median WBC count 40 cells/ mm 3 , mean 83 ± 124, range 4.3 to 1,100 cells/mm 3 ).…”
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“…The frequency of clinical findings or syndromic diagnosis and respective duration are shown in Table 2. Hypercytosis was present in 249 (66%) of the samples (median WBC count 40 cells/ mm 3 , mean 83 ± 124, range 4.3 to 1,100 cells/mm 3 ).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As queixas mais freqüentes foram paraparesia (59,9%), retenção urinária (36,2%), dor em membros inferiores (22,8%). A celularidade do LCR (células/mm 3 ) foi > 4 em 66,0% (média 83 + 124, mediana 40, variação 4,3 -1.100), a proteína (mg/dl) foi > 40 em 84,6% (média 185 + 519, mediana 81, variação 41-6.800) e eosinófilos estavam presentes em 46,9%. IFI e IHA foram positivas em 75,3%.…”
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“…Nos exames de imagem, podemos encontrar na TAC edema difuso, imagens nodulares hipodensas com efeito de massa, sem calcificações ou hemorragias 2 . Ching e col. 7 apresentaram pela primeira vez imagens na RM de um paciente com neuroesquistossomose, como imagens nodulares occipitoparietais à direita, isointensas ao parênquima cerebral e circundadas por Tl e T2 longos.…”
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“…Spread of the disease from rural to periurban regions has been recently described 3 . The infection is primarily localized in the digestive system, but the nervous system is the second most common involved site 1 . PITTELLA & LANA-PEIXOTO 43 recorded that ova were found in the brain of 26% of patients who have hepatosplenic S. mansoni infection.…”
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confidence: 99%