Magnetic resonance imaging of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis following eating freshwater snails

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Jin, Er Hu ^a   Ma, Qiang ^a   Ma, Da Qing ^a   He, Wen ^a   Ji, Ai Ping ^b   Yin, Cheng Hong ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Eosinophilia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningoencephalitis; Parasitic disease

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTIC NERVE; PARENCHYMA; PNEUMONIA; SNAIL; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 38349152175     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200801010-00013     Document Type: Article

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