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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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Schistosomal Cervical Myelopathy

Farias, Ronald; Oliveira, Kléver Forte de; Mendes, George de Albuquerque Cavalcanti; Meira, Ussânio Mororó.

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (2), 2018

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...

Neuroesquistosomiasis, Médula Cervical/parasitología, Paresia/parasitología, Neuroesquistosomiasis/tratamiento farmacológico

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