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Cerebral hemorrhagic lesions produced by Paragonimus mexicanus. Report of three cases in Costa Rica.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 31(3 Pt 1): 522-6, 1982 May.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7081546
RESUMEN
Three cases of cerebral lesions due to Paragonimus mexicanus in Costa Rica are reported, two of which were fatal. At autopsy a hemorrhagic, well circumscribed lesion was found in the hemispheres which microscopically consisted of a recent hemorrhage surrounded by a halo of eosinophils, with giant cell granulomas and Charcot-Leyden crystals. Eggs of P. mexicanus outside the brain were demonstrated in both fatal cases--in an eosinophilic pericarditis in one and in the other in multiple lesions of the liver and lungs. The third patient had a hemorrhagic cerebral lesion which was surgically evacuated; the patient recovered. Eggs were demonstrated in serial sections of the material resected.