Tumoral form of cerebral schistosomiasis mansoni. A report of four cases and a review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Pittella, José Eymard Homem ^a   Da Silva Gusmão, Sebastião Nataniel ^a   Carvalho, Gervásio Teles Cardoso ^a   Da Silveira, Roberto Leal ^a   Campos, Geraldo Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain; Diagnosis; Pathology; Radiography; Schistosomiasis mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; OXAMNIQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030042902     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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