Visceral larva migrans presenting as multiple intracranial and intraspinal abscesses

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-374

  Moiyadi, Alefia ^a   Mahadevan, Anita ^a   Anandh, Balasubramaniam ^a   Shivashankar, Ravi Shankar ^a   Chickabasavaiah, Yasha Thagadur ^a   Shankar, Susarla Krishna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess; CNS; Eosinophilia; Spinal; Toxocara; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MICROFLORA; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULTRASOUND; UREMIA; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 34447307975     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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