Central nervous system filariasis masquerading as a glioma: case report

Author:

Shrivastava Adesh1,Arora Prateek1,Khare Akriti2,Goel Garima2,Kapoor Neelkamal2

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Neurosurgery and

2. Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

Filariasis, an endemic zoonosis in the Southeast Asia region, has been reported to affect various organs as well as the central nervous system (CNS). Inflammatory reactions mimicking those from neoplastic lesions clinically and radiologically have been reported in the breast and urinary bladder. To date, a CNS manifestation of filarial infestation has been reported in the form of meningoencephalitis. The authors here present an interesting case of a young man presenting in status epilepticus, which on radiological evaluation appeared to be a glioma. However, postoperative histopathological examination changed the provisional diagnosis to a filarial infection of the CNS mimicking a primary CNS neoplasm.

Publisher

Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Subject

Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology

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