Neuroschistosomiasis mansoni: Literature Review and Guidelines

Neurologist

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 333-342

  Vale, Thiago C ^a   De Sousa Pereira, Sílvio R ^a   Ribas, João G R ^b   Lambertucci, José R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Sarah Kubitschek Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

encephalitis; neuroschistosomiasis; Schistosoma mansoni; spinal cord diseases

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IVERMECTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIRIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOGENICITY; INCIDENCE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRAVEL;

EID: 84869793781     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3182704d1e     Document Type: Review

References (82)

1. Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, et al. Human schistosomiasis. Lancet. 2006;368:1106-1118.
2. Pittella JE, Lana-Peixoto MA. Brain involvement in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni. Brain. 1981;104:621-632.
3. Lambertucci Jr. Acute schistosomiasis mansoni: Revisited and reconsidered. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2010;105:422-435.
4. Carod-Artal FJ. Neuroschistosomiasis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010;8:1307-1318.
5. Mas-Coma S, Valero MA, Bargues MD. Climate change effects on trematodiases, with emphasis on zoonotic fascioliasis and schistosomiasis. Vet Parasitol. 2009;163:264-280.
6. Iarotski LS, Davis A. The schistosomiasis problem in the world: Results of a WHO questionnaire survey. Bull World Health Organ. 1981;59:115-127.
7. Engels D, Chitsulo L, Montresor A, et al. The global epidemiological situation of schistosomiasis and new approaches to control and research. Acta Trop. 2002;82:139-146.
8. Steinmann P, Keiser J, Bos R, et al. Schistosomiasis and water resources development: Systematic review, meta-Analysis, and estimates of people at risk. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6:411-425.
9. Chitsulo L, Engels D, Montresor A, et al. The global status of schistosomiasis and its control. Acta Trop. 2000;77:41-51.
10. Hotez PJ, Kamath A. Neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Review of their prevalence, distribution, and disease burden. Plos Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3:e412.
11. Lambertucci JR, Serufo JC, Gerspacher-Lara R, et al. Schistosoma mansoni: Assessment of morbidity before and after control. Acta Trop. 2000;77:101-109.
12. Drummond SC, Silva LC, Amaral RS, et al. Morbidity of Schistosomiasis mansoni in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2006;101(SUPPL1):37-44.
13. Andrade AN, Bastos CL. Cerebral schistosomiasis mansoni. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1989;47:100-104.
14. Lambertucci JR, Rocha RS, Carvalho Odos S, et al. Schistosomiasis mansoni in Minas Gerais. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1987; 20:47-52.
15. Lambertucci JR, Gerspacher-Lara R, Pinto-Silva RA, et al. The Queixadinha Project: Morbidity and control of schistosomiasis in an endemic area in the northeast of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1996;29:127-135.
16. Coura JR, Amaral RS. Epidemiological and control aspects of schistosomiasis in Brazilian endemic areas. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2004;99:13-19.
17. Nicolls DJ, Weld LH, Schwartz E, et al. Characteristics of schistosomiasis in travelers reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network 1997-2008. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008;79:729-734.
18. Lambertucci JR, Silva LC, do Amaral RS. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2007;40:574-581.
19. Muller HR, Stender A. Schistosomiasis of the spinal cord presenting with complete lumbar transverse myelitis. Archiv für Schiffs-Und Tropen-Hygiene. 1930;34:527-538.
20. Carod-Artal FJ. Neurological complications of Schistosoma infection. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008;102:107-116.
21. Faust EC. An inquiry into the ectopic lesions in schistosomiasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1948;28:175-199.
22. Spina-Franca A, Salum PN, Limongi JC, et al. Myelopathies: Diagnostic aspects. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1980;38:360-366.
23. Carod Artal FJ, Vargas AP, Horan TA, et al. Schistosoma mansoni myelopathy: Clinical and pathologic findings. Neurology. 2004; 63:388-391.
24. Lambertucci Jr. Acute schistosomiasis: Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1993;35: 399-404.
25. Lambertucci JR, Sousa-Pereira SR, Silva LC. Myeloradiculopathy in acute schistosomiasis mansoni. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2005;38:277-278.
26. Jaureguiberry S, Ansart S, Perez L, et al. Acute neuroschistosomiasis: Two cases associated with cerebral vasculitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;76:964-966.
27. Granier H, Potard M, Diraison P, et al. Acute encephalitis concurrent with primary infection by Schistosoma mansoni. Med Trop (Mars). 2003;63:60-63.
28. Kane CA, Most H. Schistosomiasis of the central nervous system; experiences in World War II and a review of the literature. Arch Neurol Psychiatry. 1948;59:141-183.
29. Silva LC, Maciel PE, Ribas JG, et al. Schistosomal myeloradiculopathy. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2004;37:261-272.
30. Yamagiwa K. Contribution to the etiology of Jacksonian epilepsy. Virchows Arch Pathol Anat. 1889;119:449-460.
31. Scrimgeour EM, Gajdusek DC. Involvement of the central nervous system in Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infection. A review. Brain. 1985;108(PT4):1023-1038.
32. Pittella JE. Neuroschistosomiasis. Brain Pathol. 1997;7:649-662.
33. Pearce EJ. Priming of the immune response by schistosome eggs. Parasite Immunol. 2005;27:265-270.
34. Ross AG, Bartley PB, Sleigh AC, et al. Schistosomiasis. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1212-1220.
35. Secor WE. Immunology of human schistosomiasis: Off the beaten path. Parasite Immunol. 2005;27:309-316.
36. Pittella JE, Gusmao SN, Carvalho GT, et al. Tumoral form of cerebral schistosomiasis mansoni. A report of four cases and a review of the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1996;98:15-20.
37. Pittella JE. The relation between involvement of the central nervous system in schistosomiasis mansoni and the clinical forms of the parasitosis. A review. J Trop Med Hyg. 1991;94:15-21.
38. Roberts M, Cross J, Pohl U, et al. Cerebral schistosomiasis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6:820.
39. Stadecker MJ, Hernandez HJ, Asahi H. The identification and characterization of new immunogenic egg components: Implications for evaluation and control of the immunopathogenic T cell response in schistosomiasis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2001; 96(SUPPL):29-33.
40. Nascimento-Carvalho CM, Moreno-Carvalho OA. Neuroschistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni: A review of pathogenesis, clinical syndromes and diagnostic approaches. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2005;47:179-184.
41. Sorensen TL, Tani M, Jensen J, et al. Expression of specific chemokines and chemokine receptors in the central nervous system of multiple sclerosis patients. J Clin Invest. 1999;103:807-815.
42. Sousa-Pereira SR, Teixeira AL, Silva LC, et al. Serum and cerebral spinal fluid levels of chemokines and Th2 cytokines in Schistosoma mansoni myeloradiculopathy. Parasite Immunol. 2006;28:473-478.
43. Nobre V, Silva LC, Ribas JG, et al. Schistosomal myeloradiculopathy due to Schistosoma mansoni: Report on 23 cases. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2001;96(SUPPL):137-141.
44. Silva LC, Maciel PE, Ribas JG, et al. Treatment of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy with praziquantel and corticosteroids and evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging: A longitudinal study. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39:1618-1624.
45. Rommel D, Rage M, Duprez T, et al. Paucisymptomatic brainstem lesions revealing CNS schistosomiasis. Acta Neurol Belg. 2005; 105:89-93.
46. Sarazin M, Caumes E, Cohen A, et al. Multiple microembolic borderzone brain infarctions and endomyocardial fibrosis in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome and in Schistosoma mansoni infestation. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004;75:305-307.
47. Santos EC, Campos GB, Diniz AC, et al. Clinical profile and criteria for the diagnosis of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2001;59:772-777.
48. Silva LC, Kill CM, Lambertucci Jr. Cervical spinal cord schistosomiasis. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2002;35:543-544.
49. Junker J, Eckardt L, Husstedt I. Cervical intramedullar schistosomiasis as a rare cause of acute tetraparesis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2001;103:39-42.
50. Camargos ST, Dantas FR, Teixeira AL. Schistosomal myelopathy mimicking spinal cord neoplasm. Scand J Infect Dis. 2005; 37:365-367.
51. Gellido CL, Onesti S, Llena J, et al. Spinal schistosomiasis. Neurology. 2000;54:527.
52. Olson S, Rossato R, Guazzo E. Spinal schistosomiasis. J Clin Neurosci. 2002;9:317-320.
53. Peregrino AJ, Puglia PM, Nobrega JP, et al. Schistosomiasis of the spinal cord: Analysis of 80 cases. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2002;60: 603-608.
54. Ruberti RF, Saio M. Epidural Bilharzioma mansoni compressing the spinal cord: Case report. East Afr Med J. 1999;76:414-416.
55. Liblau R, Chiras J, Orssaud C, et al. Spinal infarction in the anterior spinal territory with possible relation with bilharziasis. Rev Neurol (Paris). 1991;147:605-608.
56. Siddorn JA. Schistosomiasis and anterior spinal artery occlusion. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1978;27:532-534.
57. Andrade Filho AS, Queiroz AC, Freire AC, et al. Pseudotumoral form of neuroschistosomiasis: Report of three cases. Braz J Infect Dis. 2007;11:435-438.
58. Vale TC, Oliveira MM, Sousa-Pereira SR, et al. Diffuse pseudotumoral cerebral Schistosoma mansoni: A new form of presentation. Arq Bras Neurocir. 2011;30:186-189.
59. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 39-1996. A 30-year-old man with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and a left temporallobe mass. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:1906-1914.
60. Lambertucci JR, Voieta I, Silveira Idos S. Cerebral schistosomiasis mansoni. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2008;41:693-694.
61. Braga BP, da Costa Junior LB, Lambertucci Jr. Magnetic resonance imaging of cerebellar schistosomiasis mansoni. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2003;36:635-636.
62. Raso P, Tafuri A, Lopes Nda F, et al. The tumoral form of cerebellar schistosomiasis: Case report and measure of granulomas. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2006;39:283-286.
63. Preidler KW, Riepl T, Szolar D, et al. Cerebral schistosomiasis: Mr and CT appearance. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1996;17:1598-1600.
64. Pompeu F, Sampaio de Lacerda PR. Subarachnoide hemorrhage due to S. mansoni. A rare etiology. J Neurol. 1979;221:203-207.
65. Ruffino J, Masson M, Lange J, et al. Schistosomiasis mansoni with nervous localization with cerebral and medullar involvement. Presse Med. 1970;78:1517-1518.
66. Artal FJ, Mesquita HM, Gepp Rde A, et al. Neurological picture. Brain involvement in a Schistosoma mansoni myelopathy patient. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006;77:512.
67. Sanelli PC, Lev MH, Gonzalez RG, et al. Unique linear and nodular MR enhancement pattern in schistosomiasis of the central nervous system: Report of three patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001;177:1471-1474.
68. Lambertucci JR, Souza-Pereira SR, Carvalho TA. Simultaneous occurrence of brain tumor and myeloradiculopathy in schistosomiasis mansoni: Case report. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2009;42:338-341.
69. Vale TC, Marques DP, Sousa-Pereira SR, et al. Schistosoma mansoni encephalomyelitis. Arch Neurol. 2011;68:1200-1201.
70. Lambertucci Jr. Schistosoma mansoni: Pathological and clinical aspects. In: JORDAN P, ed. Human Schistosomiasis. Wallingford: CAB International; 1993:195-235.
71. Center for Diseases Control. Acute schistosomiasis with transverse myelitis in American students returning from Kenya. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1984;33:445-447.
72. Saúde M. Guide for Surveillance and Control of Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy. Brasília: MINISTÉrio da Saúde; 2006.
73. Haribhai HC, Bhigjee AI, Bill PL, et al. Spinal cord schistosomiasis. A clinical, laboratory and radiological study, with a note on therapeutic aspects. Brain. 1991;114(PT2):709-726.
74. Scaff M, Riva D, Spina-Franca A. Schistosomal meningoradiculomyelopathy. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1971;29:227-233.
75. Liu H, Lim CC, Feng X, et al. MRI in cerebral schistosomiasis: Characteristic nodular enhancement in 33 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008;191:582-588.
76. Ching HT, Clark AE, Hendrix VJ, et al. MR imaging appearance of intracerebral schistosomiasis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1994; 162:693-694.
77. Mehta A, Teoh SK, Schaefer PW, et al. Cerebral schistosomiasis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997;168:1322.
78. Bennett G, Provenzale JM. Schistosomal myelitis: Findings at MR imaging. Eur J Radiol. 1998;27:268-270.
79. Peregrino AJ, Puglia PM, Bacheschi LA, et al. Diagnosis of schistosomiasis of the spinal cord: Contribution of magnetic resonance imaging and electroneuromyography. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2002;60:597-602.
80. Schils J, Hermanus N, Flament-Durant J, et al. Cerebral schistosomiasis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1985;6:840-841.
81. Devine MJ, Wilkinson PA, Doherty JF, et al. Neuroschistosomiasis presenting as brainstem encephalitis. Neurology. 2008;70: 2262-2264.
82. World Health Organization Expert Committee. Prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-Transmitted helminthiasis. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser. 2002;912:i-vi. 1-57, back cover