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Visceral larva migrans presenting as multiple intracranial and intraspinal abscesses
Author(s) -
Moiyadi Alefia,
Mahadevan Anita,
Anandh Balasubramaniam,
Shivashankar Ravi Shankar,
Chickabasavaiah Yasha Thagadur,
Shankar Susarla Krishna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00775.x
Subject(s) - visceral larva migrans , medicine , larva migrans , helminthiasis , differential diagnosis , vasculitis , pathology , toxocariasis , meningoencephalitis , epidemiology , subarachnoid space , neurocysticercosis , dermatology , helminths , disease , cerebrospinal fluid , immunology
Involvement of nervous system by toxocariasis is rare and can produce a spectrum of pathology that includes eosinophillic meningoencephalitis, meningomyelitis, space occupying lesions, vasculitis causing seizures or behavioral abnormalities posing diagnostic dilemmas. We describe a 38‐year‐old man who presented with multiple intracranial and intramedullary abscesses caused by visceral larva migrans. Neurohelminthiasis as a cause of multiple abscesses, though rare, should be entertained as a differential diagnosis particularly in tropical South‐east Asian countries where helminthiasis is still an epidemiological concern prevalent in the pediatric age group.