A esquistossomose é uma endemia parasitária típica das Américas, Ásia e África. A Mielorradiculopatia Esquistossomótica surge como uma evolução severa da infecção por esquistossomose e, apesar de muito comum, sua prevalência em áreas endêmicas vem sendo subestimada. Objetivo: relatar caso d...
Schistosomiasis mansoni presents many clinical manifestations during migration of schistosomes in their hosts, including diarrhea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, liver abscesses, skinlesions, brain tumors and myeloradiculopathy. No lesions have been reported in skeletal striated muscles due to schistosomias...
ABSTRACT Objective: To report a schistosomal myeloradiculopathy case in a non-endemic area. Case description: A previously healthy 11-year-old boy, stricken by an acute loss of strength on his lower limbs, followed by a loss of strength on his upper limbs and upper body, associated with altered sensiti...
Antihelmínticos/administración & dosificación,
Antihelmínticos/uso terapéutico,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Quimioterapia Combinada,
Eosinofilia/líquido cefalorraquídeo,
Meningitis/inmunología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/diagnóstico,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/parasitología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/rehabilitación,
Praziquantel/administración & dosificación,
Praziquantel/uso terapéutico,
Schistosoma mansoni/inmunología,
Schistosoma mansoni/aislamiento & purificación,
Esteroides/administración & dosificación,
Esteroides/uso terapéutico,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract The most common neurological impairments related to schistosomiasis involve the lower portions of the medulla and the cauda equina. A 22-year-old woman, with no history, signs, or symptoms of hepatointestinal schistosomiasis, presented with lumbar pain associated with acute paresthesia and pares...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of urodynamic changes with an associated risk of developing upper urinary tract damage in neuroschistosomiasis patients. METHODS: A prospective study was conducted, wherein68 patients were admitted for analysis of urodynamics, urea and ...
Creatinina/sangre,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/complicaciones,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/fisiopatología,
Prevalencia,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Insuficiencia Renal/etiología,
Insuficiencia Renal/fisiopatología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Urea/sangre,
Vejiga Urinaria Hiperactiva/etiología,
Vejiga Urinaria Hiperactiva/fisiopatología,
Urodinámica/fisiología
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 listed schistosomiasis among the leading 100 causes of death in Brazil, responsible for 3.6% of the estimated total of deaths globally. Eye and adnexa are very rarely affected by schistosomiasis mansoni, with limited documentation of ocular pathology in this settin...
Brasil,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/parasitología,
Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/patología,
Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/fisiopatología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/parasitología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/patología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/fisiopatología,
Schistosoma mansoni/aislamiento & purificación,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/parasitología,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/patología,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/fisiopatología
Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by trematode platyhelminths of the genus Schistosoma. The involvement of the cervical spinal cord is rare, with few cases reported in the literature. The management of such patients is particularly challenging, since clinical and radiological findings may b...
Mielorradiculopatia é uma das formas de apresentaçäo da esquistossomose. Deve-se à presença de ovos do helminto Schistosoma no Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC). Os agentes causadores da mielorradiculopatia esquistossomatica (MRE) säo o Schistosoma mansoni e o S. haematobium. No Brasil, a MRE tem como ...
