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Esparganose cerebral (EC) é infecção parasitária causada pela larva do Spiro-metra mansonoides. Raramente afeta o cérebro humano. Descrevemos o caso de um paciente paraguaio com 24 anos, que apresentava convulsões freqüentes e cefaléia há um ano. Tumor frontal foi diagnosticado por TC de crânio e ressecado posteriormente. O exame anatomopatológico evidenciou larva com características de Sparganum. A evolução do paciente foi satisfatória. Que seja de nosso conhecimento, este é o primeiro caso de EC relatado na América do Sul.

Cerebral sparganosis (CS) is a parasitic infection caused by the larva of Spirometry mansonoides. Rarely it can affect the human brain. We report the case of a 24-year old man from Paraguay who suffered from seizures and headache for one. year. A frontal tumor was diagnosed by CT-scan and was subsequently resected. The pathological examination revealed a larva with Sparganum characteristics. The evolution of the patient was satisfactory. As far as we know, this is the first case of CS reported in South-America.

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