Letters to the EditorSPINAL TOXOCARAL ABSCESS
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Toxocara spp. infections in paratenic hosts
2013, Veterinary ParasitologyCitation Excerpt :Clinical patients present with a large variety of symptoms according to their individual pathology ranging from headache, fever, photophobia, weakness, dorsalgia, confusion, tiredness, visual impairment to epileptic seizures, neuropsychological disturbances, dementia and depression (Marmor et al., 1987; Fortenberry et al., 1991; Sommer et al., 1994; Richartz and Buchkremer, 2002; Bachli et al., 2004; Finsterer and Auer, 2007). Furthermore, motor impairment such as ataxia, rigor, para- or tetraparesis and dysaesthesia as well as urinary retention and faecal incontinence occurred in human cases of toxocarosis (Wang et al., 1983; Russegger and Schmutzhard, 1989; Fortenberry et al., 1991; Villano et al., 1992; Sommer et al., 1994; Goffette et al., 2000; Moreira-Silva et al., 2004). Ocular larva migrans syndrome (OLM) is characterized by an eosinophilic immune response to larval migration into the eye.
Toxocariasis
2013, Handbook of Clinical NeurologyCitation Excerpt :Some associated neurological symptoms due to cerebral dysfunction, i.e., headache, generalized or partial seizures or neuropsychiatric disturbances, were also reported (Eberhardt et al., 2005). Uncommon presentations of CNS toxocariasis included spinal compression by an epidural abscess (Russegger and Schmutzhard, 1989) and cerebral vasculitis, documented only in a few cases (Sommer et al., 1994; Dousset et al., 2003; Oujamaa et al., 2003; Helbok et al., 2007). Concomitant eye (OLM), liver, and/or lung involvement has been rarely described (Schochet, 1967; Engel et al., 1971; Huismans, 1980).
Helminthic invasion of the central nervous system: Many roads lead to Rome
2010, Parasitology InternationalCitation Excerpt :Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a common cause of eosinophilic meningitis, which is endemic in many areas of Pacific basin [12,13]. Furthermore, CNS involvement has been well documented in echinococcal hydatid disease [14,15], sparganosis [16,17], coenurosis [18,19], paragonimiasis [20], strongyloidiasis [21,22], toxocariasis [23–26], lagochilascariasis [27], baylisascariasis [28] and cerebrospinal gnathostomiasis [29–32]. Table 1 summarizes helminths that cause CNS infections, their typical clinical presentations as well the frequency of the CSF involvement.
MRI findings of spinal visceral larva migrans of Toxocara canis
2010, European Journal of RadiologyCitation Excerpt :Three disease forms of Toxocara canis in human, that are occult, ocular, and visceral larva migrans, are known [8]. When CNS is affected by Toxocara canis, it can cause eosinophilic meningitis, encephalitis, seizures, myelitis or paraparesis [6,8–13]. There are many reports describing the CNS involvement of Toxocara canis [5–8,11,14–18].
Eosinophilic meningomyelitis in toxocariasis: Case report and review of the literature
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