Diagnosis and treatment of CNS parasite infection with special reference to parasitic myelitis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 961-964

  Osoegawa, Manabu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; MRI; Myelitis; Non compression myelopathy; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ASCARIS SUUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH2 CELL; TOXOCARA CANIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 10944249648     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Osoegawa M, Matsumoto S, Ochi H, et al: Localised myelitis caused by visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum masquerading as an isolated spinal cord tumor. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 70: 265-266