Subarachnoide hemorrhage due to S. Mansoni

✍ Scribed by F. Pompeu; P. R. Sampaio de Lacerda

• Book ID: 104717539
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 553 KB
• Volume: 221
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00313052

✦ Synopsis

A case of schistosomiasis is described in a native of Rio de Janeiro, where, apart from infection of the intestines, a meningitic granulomatous reaction was provoked around eggs. Intracerebral and subsequently subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred. The mode of infection is disucssed.