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Clinical data of 22 cases with paragonimiasis in brain and spinal cord in the Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture during 2003 -2012 were retrospectively analyzed. Twenty-two cases aged from 6 to 17 years old, including 15 males and 7 females, were from the countryside, and had a history of eating raw crabs. CT and MRI showed that all the cases had cerebral lesion, 16 cases had unilateral lesion of cerebral hemisphere, and 6 cases had bilateral hemisphere lesions. There were mainly two kinds of imaging changes: (1) the infarct and low- density edema of large area with focal hemorrhage; (2) annular lesions. Among the 6 cases with intracerebral hematoma, 2 patients received surgical removal, and all the patients were treated with praziquantel, 25 mg/kg each time, 3 times per day, 3 d for a course. This regimen was repeated at a 7-day interval. All the patients were cured and discharged from hospital.
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