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Query: UMLS:C0038220 (
status epilepticus
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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
.
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PMID:Central nervous system filariasis masquerading as a glioma: case report. 2800 39
