| Literature DB >> 16815465 |
Fujio Umehara1, Hideki Ookatsu, Daisuke Hayashi, Akifumi Uchida, Yukari Douchi, Hisashi Kawabata, Rina Goto, Akihiro Hashiguchi, Eiji Matsuura, Ryuichi Okubo, Itsuro Higuchi, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Yukifumi Nawa, Mitsuhiro Osame.
Abstract
We report serial MR findings in four patients with myelitis caused by visceral larva migrans syndrome due to Toxocara canis or Ascaris suum infection. MR imaging revealed spinal cord swelling with or without gadolinium enhancement in three patients. T2-weighted images showed high signal intensities preferentially located in both lateral and posterior columns. Antihelmintic and corticosteroid treatment yielded improvement in neurologic deficits and spinal lesions. However, one patient with T. canis infection relapsed associated with reappearance of MRI abnormalities.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16815465 DOI： 10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.057
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Sci ISSN： 0022-510X Impact factor: 3.181