Brain abscess in a recent immigrant

被引：4
作者：
Britton, Philip N. [1 ,3 ]
Chaseling, Raymond [2 ]
机构：
[1] Childrens Hosp Westmead, Dept Infect Dis & Microbiol, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[2] Childrens Hosp Westmead, Dept Neurol & Neurosurg, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[3] Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, Discipline Paediat & Child Hlth, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
来源：
JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH | 2013年 / 49卷 / 03期
关键词：
brain abscess; central nervous system; child; diagnosis; neurocysticercosis; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE;
D O I：
10.1111/jpc.12044
中图分类号：
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号：
100202 ;
摘要：
A 7-year-old boy who has recently immigrated from India presented with two episodes of focal seizure over a 3-month period. A cranial magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a ring-enhancing lesion in his cerebral cortex. He was diagnosed with a pyogenic brain abscess following resection of the lesion and also had positive serology to Taenia solium (which causes neurocysticercosis). We briefly review these two diseases and discuss the important diagnostic issues.
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页码：E176 / E178
页数：3
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