MRI of cervical cord lesions and their resolution in Toxocara canis myelopathy

T P Duprez; G Bigaignon; E Delgrange; P Desfontaines; M Hermans; T Vervoort; C J Sindic; M Buysschaert

doi:10.1007/s002340050350

MRI of cervical cord lesions and their resolution in Toxocara canis myelopathy

Neuroradiology. 1996 Nov;38(8):792-5. doi: 10.1007/s002340050350.

Authors

T P Duprez¹, G Bigaignon, E Delgrange, P Desfontaines, M Hermans, T Vervoort, C J Sindic, M Buysschaert

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 8957808
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050350

Abstract

We report serial MRI findings in a 58-year-old man with cervical cord involvement by Toxocara canis, in whom antihelminthic chemotherapy yielded improvement of the neurological deficits and cord lesions seen on MRI.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Diseases / parasitology
Toxocara canis*
Toxocariasis / diagnosis*