Difficulty in diagnosing a case with apparent sequel cerebral sparganosis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-411

  Murata, Kumi ^a   Abe, Tatsuya ^a   Gohda, Makoto ^a   Inoue, Ryo ^a   Ishii, Keisuke ^a   Wakabayashi, Yukihiro ^a   Kamida, Tohru ^a   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Cerebral sparganosis; Spirometra mansoni

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SPARGANOSIS MANSONI; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPARGANOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847794892     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.06.056     Document Type: Article

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