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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar 15;12(3):e0006171.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006171. eCollection 2018 Mar.

The diagnosis and treatment introspection of the first imported case of atypical cerebral schistosomiasis in Guangzhou city

Yuehong Wei  1 , Na Huang  1 , Shouyi Chen  1 , Dehao Chen  2 , Xiaoning Li  1 , Jianmin Xu  1 , Zhicong Yang  1
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Case Reports

The diagnosis and treatment introspection of the first imported case of atypical cerebral schistosomiasis in Guangzhou city

Yuehong Wei et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. MRI of the brain before treatment.
MRI of the brain before treatment shows an occupied lesion in the left occipital region.
Fig 2
Fig 2. The paraffin section of formalin-fixed temporal lobe biopsy in low and high magnification view.
(A) Low-magnification view of the paraffin portion of the formalin-fixed temporal lobe biopsy shows an immature Schistosoma egg surrounded by granuloma and glial cells. (B) High magnification shows two eggs with shells displaying the diagnostic acentric spine shape of immature Schistosoma eggs. Histiocytes near the eggs highlight that the nuclei of Schistosoma are smaller than those of the host’s cells.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Comparison of brain imaging before and after treatment.
(A) MRI before surgery showing an intracranial occupying lesion in the left occipital lobe, with edema and mottled nodular linear enhancement in the surrounding region. (B) CT result three months after surgery showing the disappearance of the nidus and fading of the edema. CT, computed tomography.
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