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  • Title: Cerebral sparganosis in a child.
    Author: Kim CY, Cho BK, Kim IO, Hwang YS, Wang KC.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 1997 Feb; 26(2):103-6. PubMed ID: 9419040.
    Abstract:
    Cerebral sparganosis in childhood is very rare. Until 1996, 2 cases in children up to 15 years of age had been described. We report a case of cerebral sparganosis in a 6-year-old girl who presented with seizures. Sequential brain magnetic resonance imaging scans spaced over 4 months showed a lesion which migrated from the right parieto-occipital region to the right occipital region. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antisparganum antibody was positive. She most likely contracted sparganosis from worm-infested spring-water. A live worm with surrounding granulomatous tissue was removed, and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antisparganum antibody converted to negative 12 months following surgery. In areas of endemic sparganosis, the possibility of cerebral sparganosis should be considered, even in a child, if the patient shows a migrating granulomatous lesion.
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