Brain Paragonimiasis in Shaanxi Province
- VernacularTitle:陕西的脑型肺吸虫病
- Author:
Jian WANG
;
Minru ZHANG
;
Canghai JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences)
1981;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This report deals with 9 cases of brain paragonimiasis whose clinicalmenifestations are of several types, such as epulepsy, brain tumor menigitis.paralysis, vision disturbance and/or headache. Precipitation test and skintest are positive in 8 of the 9 patients, and electroencephalography is ab-normal to a certaln degree in 8 patients. All the cases received specifictherapy. After 4 month-2 and a half year follow-up, six cases returned to normal,one got recurrent episode and one got residual local damage in the brain. Bitin is a good choice in chemical therapy but should be used in combi-nation with dehydrants, cortisone, etc.
