LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Schistosomal myeloradiculopathy in a non-endemic area

Oliveira, Lívia Souza de; Kuzma, Gabriela de Sio Puetter; Costa, Luisa Carolina Vinhal; João, Paulo Ramos David.

Rev. Paul. Pediatr. (Ed. Port., Online); 38 (), 2020

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

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Characterisation of ocular involvement in an experimental model of neuroschistosomiasis mansoni

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...