Table 3:

Baseline and follow-up MRI of patients with cerebral sparganosis

Case/Sex/Age (yr)Baseline MRIFollow-Up MRI
Location of Active LesionDegenerated LesionsTime Interval between the Follow-Up and Baseline MRI (mo)Location of Migrated Lesions
1/M/35L frontal lobeNo1, 2, 5, 8, 12aL parietal lobe
2/F/27R frontal lobeNo2, 15, 18aR parietal lobe
3/M/12L thalamus1 in L frontal lobe4a, 6, 13R thalamus
4/M/18GM in R frontal lobeNo2, 6, 15,a 32WM in the same lobe
5/M/36R BG2 in R temporal lobe and occipital lobe11,a 13, 16, 22aR cerebellar hemisphere; then to pons
6/F/33L parietal lobe2 in L temporal lobe and frontal lobe15,a 22, 25L occipital lobe
7/M/19L occipital lobe2 in L frontal lobe and occipital lobe10,a 21L temporal lobe
8/F/33WM in R frontal lobe2 in L frontal lobe and occipital lobe2, 5, 6,a 8, 18GM in the same lobe
9/M/24WM in R temporal lobe4 in L parietal lobe, BG, frontal lobe, genu of CC and R frontal lobe, respectively2, 4,a 14GM in the same lobe
10/M/27L parietal lobe1 in L frontal lobe11,a 38aL occipital lobe, then to temporal lobe
11/F/18GM in L frontal lobe2 in L frontal lobe and occipital lobe6,a 1, 14WM in the same lobe
12/F/28L BG1 in L occipital lobe8, 14,a 22, 24,a 26, 30L temporal lobe, then to parietal lobe
13/M/29L BGNo2, 10, 18,a 23L frontal lobe
14/M/13R thalamus1 in R frontal lobe2, 7,a 12L thalamus

  • Note:—L indicates left; R, right; BG, basal ganglia; CC, corpus callosum; GM, gray matter.

  • ↵a Migration detected.