MR in Toxocara canis myelopathy

J Kumar; J Kimm

MR in Toxocara canis myelopathy

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1994 Nov;15(10):1918-20.

Authors

J Kumar¹, J Kimm

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, IL 61656.

PMID: 7863942
PMCID: PMC8334281

Abstract

We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and myelopathy caused by Toxocara canis and describe the clinical and thoracic MR findings. An enhancing thoracic spinal cord lesion which was shown on MR resolved after an interval of 140 days with partial resolution of the patient's symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Dexamethasone / administration & dosage
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Mebendazole / administration & dosage
Neurologic Examination / drug effects
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Diseases / drug therapy
Thiabendazole / administration & dosage
Toxocara canis* / drug effects
Toxocariasis / diagnosis*
Toxocariasis / drug therapy

Substances

Dexamethasone
Mebendazole
Thiabendazole