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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2012

Pseudotumoral form of neuroschistosomiasis: report of three cases in Ganzi, China.

Heng Wan, Hayashi Masataka, Li-Ping Zhang, De-Fu Zheng

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Neuroschistosomiasis in Young Filipino Patient Presenting with Seizure.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2024
    Article
  3. Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2021
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Cerebral and spinal schistosomiasis.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2012
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heng WanDepartment of Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery, West China Fourth Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China. zeonguton@yahoo.cn
Hayashi Masataka
Li-Ping Zhang
De-Fu Zheng
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors report three rare cases of neuroschistosomiasis lacking extracranial involvement. No parasitic eggs were detected in the stool with the Kato-Katz thick smear methods. Computed tomography of the brains showed hypodense signals, and magnetic resonance imaging showed isointense signals on T1-weighted images, hyperintense signals on T2-weighted images, and intensely enhancing nodules in the brain after intravenous administration of gadolinium. High-grade gliomas were suspected, and operations or radiosurgery was performed. Cerebral schistosomiasis was confirmed in all cases by biopsy of the brain lesions, revealing granulomas containing embedded Schistosoma japonicum eggs. All cases were definitively diagnosed as brain schistosomiasis japonica. Praziquantel and corticosteroids were administered, and the prognoses were good for all case patients. Although the aforementioned pattern of imaging examinations is not present in all cases of neuroschistosomiasis, a diagnosis of neuroschistosomiasis should be considered when this pattern of imaging is observed; cerebrospinal fluid serological exams are also recommended.

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AdolescentAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAnimalsBrainChinaGadoliniumHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuroschistosomiasisPraziquantelSchistosoma japonicumSchistosomiasis japonicaTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdrenal Cortex HormonesGadoliniumPraziquantel

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PMID22302862
PMCPMC3269280
OpenAlexW1966367115

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