Myeloradicular Form of Neuroschistosomiasis in a Six-Year-Old Boy Infected With Schistosoma mansoni

Autor: Maria José Alves Silva, Verbena Maria de Carvalho Barros, Izabel Athayde da Silva Cruz Salgado, Leônidas Lopes Braga Júnior, Silane Calland Marques Serra, Valério Monteiro-Neto, João Victor Salgado
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 34(12)
ISSN: 1532-0987
Popis: Neuroschistosomiasis is a severe disease caused by the presence of Schistosoma eggs and/or adult worms in the central nervous system. Schistosomal transverse myelitis represents a rare clinical form with nonspecific clinical findings, and it is thus underdiagnosed, especially in children. In this report, we describe a 6-year-old patient with the myeloradicular form of neuroschistosomiasis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE