%0 Journal Article %1 klotz_cerebral_2006 %A Klotz, P %A Tappe, D %A Abele-Horn, M %A Warmuth-Metz, M %A Sörensen, N %A Speer, C P %A Girschick, H J %D 2006 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology %K Adolescent, Animals, Brain Brain, Computed, Diseases, Female, Germany, Humans, Imaging, Magnetic Medicine Neurocysticercosis, Resonance Seizures, Taenia Tomography, Travel, Tropical ag_horn solium, {X-Ray} %N Pt 3 %P 345--347 %R 10.1099/jmm.0.46381-0 %T Cerebral mass in a 13-year-old girl following long-term sojourn in the Tropics %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16476801 %V 55 %X Cysticercosis of the central nervous system is the main cause of late-onset epilepsy in tropical countries. The case of a 13-year-old German girl with a generalized seizure following long-term sojourns in the Tropics is reported. Cranial imaging showed two cerebral lesions with central calcifications. Serological, molecular and cultural examination of cerebrospinal fluid and blood was negative for various parasites, fungi and bacteria including mycobacteria. Histopathological examination after neurosurgical resection revealed calcareous bodies pathognomonic for platyhelminths, in particular tapeworms. Taken together, the radiological and histopathological findings indicate infection with cysticerci, the larvae of Taenia solium.

@article{klotz_cerebral_2006, abstract = {Cysticercosis of the central nervous system is the main cause of late-onset epilepsy in tropical countries. The case of a 13-year-old German girl with a generalized seizure following long-term sojourns in the Tropics is reported. Cranial imaging showed two cerebral lesions with central calcifications. Serological, molecular and cultural examination of cerebrospinal fluid and blood was negative for various parasites, fungi and bacteria including mycobacteria. Histopathological examination after neurosurgical resection revealed calcareous bodies pathognomonic for platyhelminths, in particular tapeworms. Taken together, the radiological and histopathological findings indicate infection with cysticerci, the larvae of Taenia solium.}, added-at = {2011-04-07T15:44:20.000+0200}, author = {Klotz, P and Tappe, D and {Abele-Horn}, M and {Warmuth-Metz}, M and Sörensen, N and Speer, C P and Girschick, H J}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ecc1ef77098bd09492b7b023244b31cb/hymi}, doi = {10.1099/jmm.0.46381-0}, interhash = {962dbb81414ff304eb93688e91c3d4c7}, intrahash = {ecc1ef77098bd09492b7b023244b31cb}, issn = {0022-2615}, journal = {Journal of Medical Microbiology}, keywords = {Adolescent, Animals, Brain Brain, Computed, Diseases, Female, Germany, Humans, Imaging, Magnetic Medicine Neurocysticercosis, Resonance Seizures, Taenia Tomography, Travel, Tropical ag_horn solium, {X-Ray}}, month = mar, note = {{PMID:} 16476801}, number = {Pt 3}, pages = {345--347}, timestamp = {2011-04-07T16:38:32.000+0200}, title = {Cerebral mass in a 13-year-old girl following long-term sojourn in the Tropics}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16476801}, volume = 55, year = 2006 }