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Case Reports
. 2024 Nov;45(11):5517-5519.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-024-07743-x. Epub 2024 Aug 26.

A tropical myelitis

Tiphaine Paubel  1 , Vincent Schneider  1 , Marc Lenfant  2 , Christelle Blanc Labarre  3
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Case Reports

A tropical myelitis

Tiphaine Paubel et al. Neurol Sci. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

Spinal cord inflammation is a rare presentation of schistosomiasis infection. The present report describes the case of a young patient presenting subacute medullary symptoms revealing extensive longitudinal myelitis related to schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia. The diagnosis was based on detection of parasite eggs in stool. The patient was treated with Praziquantel, corticosteroids and plasma exchanges, leading to a favorable clinical course.

Keywords: Neuroschistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis; Spinal cord; Transverse Myelitis.

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