26 October 2025
: Case report 
Diagnostic Challenges in Cerebral Schistosomiasis: A Case of Schistosoma japonicum Misinterpretation
Challenging differential diagnosis, Unexpected drug reaction, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Qian Lu ABCDEG 1, Shitong Gao ADE 2, Gang Li BE 1, Xuesen He BCEF 3*, Panjue Chen BC 4, Changqing Tu BCF 3DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.948044
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e948044
Figure 2 Cranial CT image (scale bar, 5 cm). (A) The red triangle indicates a space-occupying lesion in the left occipital and parietal lobes with a large surrounding edema area; (B) The red circle indicates an isodense mass in the left occipital lobe; the green circle indicates compression and displacement of the posterior horn of the left lateral ventricle, which is now unclear; the red arrow indicates the rightward shift of the cerebral midline; the green arrow indicates calcification.