Spinal neuroschistosomiasis

We report a 20-year-old woman with a diagnosis of spinal neuroschistosomiasis that was confirmed histologically. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an expanded, oedematous conus with intrinsic heterogeneous enhancement, which was initially thought to be a neoplastic lesion. This case demonstrat...

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Published inBritish journal of neurosurgery Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 582 - 584
Main Authors Palin, Martin S, Mathew, Ryan, Towns, Gerry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.01.2015
Subjects
Adult
Female
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Neurological disorders
Neuroschistosomiasis - diagnosis
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Parasitic diseases
Pregnancy
Spinal cord
Spinal Cord Diseases - diagnosis
Women
Young Adult
spinal cord lesions
schistosomiasis
spinal cord schistosomiasis
neuroschistosomiasis
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Summary:We report a 20-year-old woman with a diagnosis of spinal neuroschistosomiasis that was confirmed histologically. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an expanded, oedematous conus with intrinsic heterogeneous enhancement, which was initially thought to be a neoplastic lesion. This case demonstrates an alternative diagnosis to oncological lesions of the spinal cord which should be considered in patients who have recently travelled to endemic areas.
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ISSN:0268-8697
1360-046X
DOI:10.3109/02688697.2015.1016890