Huge hemispheric intraparenchymal cyst caused byTaenia multicepsin a child

Abstract

The authors report an unusual case of a huge intraparenchymal cyst in a 4-year-old girl caused by Taenia multiceps infection. After surgical removal of the cyst, the child recovered completely. Brain infestation by coenurus is a rare disease, mainly reported in Africa, with a few case reports from patients in developed countries. Humans, especially young children, become intermediate hosts by ingesting eggs passed in the excrement of a definitive host, usually carnivores. In such cases, high mortality and morbidity rates have been reported. These rates decreased after the introduction of the modem neuroradiological techniques of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Detailed Transcriptome Description of the Neglected Cestode Taenia multiceps

“…The coenurus (larva of T. multiceps ) parasitizes the central nervous system (CNS) of sheep, occasionally goats, deer, antelopes, chamois, rabbits, hares and horses, and less commonly, cattle [2]–[5]. It frequently causes the death of infected animals, and can lead to huge economic losses of sheep/goats, predominantly in developing countries, such as those in Africa and southeastern Asia [6].…”

Other cestodes

“…There are approximately 30 cases of human CNS coenurosis reported in the scientific literature in South Africa, Europe, India, the USA, Brazil, and Israel (Table 27.1) (Brumpt, 1913; Clapham, 1941; Roger, 1942; Cluver quoted by Craig, 1943; Landells, 1949; Johnstone and Jones, 1950; Becker and Jacobson, 1951a,b; Watson and Laurie, 1955; Ranque and Nicoli, 1955; Bertrand et al, 1956; Correa et al, 1962; D’Andrea and Morello, 1964; Hermos et al, 1970; Michal et al, 1977; Schellhas and Norris, 1985; Pau et al, 1987, 1990; Malomo et al, 1990; Sabattani et al, 2004; Benifla et al, 2007). Becker describes at least 14 additional similar cases (Becker and Jacobson, 1951a).…”

Molecular characterization of enolase gene from Taenia multiceps

“…Humans can acquire the parasite via ingestion of T. multiceps eggs that excreted by definitive hosts, and causing human coenurosis. The metacestode that lives in muscle results in intra-muscular mass (Benifla et al, 2007), and brain infestation causing headaches, vomiting, pappiloedema and even hemiparesis (El-On et al, 2008;Ambekar et al, 2013). So, cerebral coenurosis is not only an important veterinary problem but also a potential zoonotic risk to human health.…”