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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2023

Cerebral sparganosis in a child with corpus callosum invasion: a case report.

Xiwen Chen, Huiying Wu, Lianwei Lu, Ning Zhou, Zhen Chen, Xiaochun Zhang

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiwen ChenDepartment of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China.
Huiying WuDepartment of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China.
Lianwei LuDepartment of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China.
Ning ZhouDepartment of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China.
Zhen ChenDepartment of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaochun ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China. zxcylxyr@163.com.
Guangzhou Medical University · CNGuangzhou Women and Children Medical Center · CN

Funding

The Research Foundation of Medical Science and Technology of Guangdong Province A2021261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInvasion of the corpus callosum by sparganosis is rare in children. After invading the corpus callosum, sparganosis has various migration modes, which can break through the ependyma and enter the ventricles, thus causing secondary migratory brain injury. CASE PRESENTATION: A girl aged 4 years and 7 months presented with left lower limb paralysis for more than 50 days. Blood examination showed that the proportion and absolute number of eosinophils in the peripheral blood were increased. Furthermore, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples revealed positivity for IgG and IgM antibodies for sparganosis. Initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed ring-like enhancements in the right frontoparietal cortex, subcortical white matter, and splenium of the corpus callosum. Within 2 months, a fourth follow-up MRI showed that the lesion had spread to the left parietal cortex, subcortical white matter, and deep white matter in the right occipital lobe and right ventricular choroid plexus, with left parietal leptomeningeal enhancement.

conclusionMigratory movement is one of the characteristics of cerebral sparganosis. When sparganosis invades the corpus callosum, clinicians should be aware that it may then break through the ependyma and enter the lateral ventricles, leading to secondary migratory brain injury. Short-term follow-up MRI is necessary to evaluate the migration mode of sparganosis and dynamically guide treatment strategies.

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Brain InjuriesBrain NeoplasmsSparganosisChildCorpus CallosumFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingParalysisChildCorpus callosumMagnetic resonance imagingMigration modeParasitic diseasesSparganosis

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