RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Esquistossomose/complicações , Hemorragia Subaracnóidea/etiologia , Adulto , Edema Encefálico/etiologia , Edema Encefálico/patologia , Brasil , Hemorragia Cerebral/etiologia , Hemorragia Cerebral/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Schistosoma mansoni , Esquistossomose/patologia , Hemorragia Subaracnóidea/patologia