Rare disease
Cerebral neuroschistosomiasis: a rare clinical presentation and review of the literature
1 Department of Internal Medicine. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
2 Department of Radiology. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
3 Department of Neurology. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
4 Department of Neurosurgery. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
5 Division of Infectious Diseases. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
6 Department of Pathology. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
7 Department of Microbiology. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Correspondence to:
Jara Llenas-García, jarallenas{at}hotmail.com
The symptomatic presentation of cerebral schistosomiasis is uncommon. The case of a 25-year-old woman from Equatorial Guinea with headache and seizures secondary to cerebral neuroschistosomiasis, as confirmed by histopathological examination and microbiological study, is presented. A review of the literature on this subject is also provided.
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