J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1981 Mar;10(1):181-188.

Cerebral Paragonimiasis

• Chung SS
• Choi JU

Abstract

The authors analyzed the 14 cases of surgically confirmed cerebral paragonimiasis from 1969 to 1980. Thirteen patients had excellent results but one patient was expired due to the complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt. In this analysis cerebral paragonimiasis was predominant in young aged male and major clinical symptoms were seizure, visual disturbance and motor weakness. Diagnosis was made by the paragonimus skin test, chest X-ray, plain skull X-rays, cerebral angiography, PEG and brain CT scan. Brain CT scan was thought to be very helpful to make a diagnosis and to get a therapeutic guide in this disease. Operative treatment was very effective for the patient who have focal mass lesion.

MeSH Terms

Brain
Cerebral Angiography
Diagnosis
Humans
Male
Paragonimiasis*
Paragonimus
Seizures
Skin Tests
Skull
Thorax
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt