Disseminated central nervous system sparganosis appearing as meningeal granulomatous disease diagnosed by next-generation sequencing.

In this case, the MRI imaging findings are not characteristic to distinguish CNS sparganosis from neoplastic disorders and other inflammatory diseases. Most infections in humans involve the subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and eye, while central nervous system (CNS) sparganosis is relatively rare. Keywords: Central nervous system sparganosis; Spinal sparganosis; Next-generation sequencing; Meningeal granulomatous disease EN Central nervous system sparganosis Spinal sparganosis Next-generation sequencing Meningeal granulomatous disease 1823 1826 4 04/17/23 20230501 NES 230501 Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06596-6. [Extracted from the article]