Imaging manifestations and diagnosis of a case of adult cerebral paragonimiasis with the initial symptom of hemorrhagic stroke.

This study is to investigate the clinical features, neuroimaging and diagnosis of adult cerebral paragonimiasis. One case of patient with cerebral paragonimiasis as retrospectively analyzed in this study. Analysis included medical history, clinical manifestations and neuroimaging. Blood test, body fluid examination, immunological test, stool examination and imaging examination were performed. Many symptoms such as headache, hemiplegia, chest pain, cough, and pleural effusion were detected in the patient. The features of "tunnel-like shape" and "ring-like shape", the intracranial hemorrhage and edema were shown by CT and MRI imaging. Chest CT examination revealed pleural effusion. Eosinophil count of peripheral blood and pleural effusion increased. Lung fluke ELISA test was positive and anti-parasitic treatment was effective. The typical clinical manifestations of MRI of cerebral paragonimiasis, such as the "tunnel-like shape" and "ring-like shape", were of high diagnostic value. And, blood eosinophil count examination and paragonimiasis antibody test could also help the diagnosis value.