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Spinal cord involvement in a child with raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) meningoencephalitis. Pediatr Radiol 2012 Mar;42(3):369-73

Date

06/02/2011

Pubmed ID

21629989

DOI

10.1007/s00247-011-2151-y

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84863474288 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   17 Citations

Abstract

A 14-month-old previously healthy boy developed progressively worsening neurological symptoms secondary to eosinophilic meningoencephalitis with myelitis caused by raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) infection. MRI demonstrated T2 hyperintensity and enhancement of the cerebral white matter, cerebellum and spinal cord. Prior case reports have described signal abnormality within the brains of patients with raccoon roundworm neural larva migrans (NLM). This is a unique case in which spinal cord involvement was established by imaging. Knowledge of this combination of imaging findings expands the known imaging phenotype of this noteworthy infection.

Author List

Kelly TG, Madhavan VL, Peters JM, Kazacos KR, Silvera VM

Author

Teresa G. Kelly MD Associate Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Ascaridida Infections
Ascaridoidea
Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Raccoons
Spinal Cord