An Interesting Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the causative agents of eosinophilic meningitis. Humans get infected when they ingest raw or partially cooked snails or monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis). There is a popular belief that the tongue and the liver of the monitor lizard has aphrodisiac proper...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/2897/34-%204743_E(C)_PF1(M)_F(H)_PF1(H).pdf |
| Summary: | Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the causative agents of eosinophilic meningitis. Humans get infected when they ingest raw
or partially cooked snails or monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis).
There is a popular belief that the tongue and the liver of the monitor
lizard has aphrodisiac properties. A 20-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a history of fever, headache and vomiting.
His cerebrospinal fluid revealed eosinophilia. He gave a history
of the ingestion of a monitor lizard, ten days prior to the onset of
the symptoms. So, a diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis due to
Angiostrongylus cantonensis was made. He was treated with oral
albendazole and prednisolone. His symptoms improved gradually
within two weeks from his admission. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |