Toxocariasis Presenting as Encephalomyelitis
We describe a farmer who presented with a clinical picture of a transverse thoracic myelitis. MRI showed inflammatory lesions in brain and thoracic spinal cord. Toxocariasis was suspected because of eosinophilia in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and this diagnosis was confirmed immunologically. He w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/503913 |