Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor

Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis. Almost all cases are self-limiting and are diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; pathology reports are restricted to postmortem samples from lethal...

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Main Authors: Petjom S., Chaiwun B., Settakorn J., Visrutaratna P., Rangdaeng S., Thorner P.S.
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Published: 2014
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-25172014-08-30T02:00:56Z Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor Petjom S. Chaiwun B. Settakorn J. Visrutaratna P. Rangdaeng S. Thorner P.S. Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis. Almost all cases are self-limiting and are diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; pathology reports are restricted to postmortem samples from lethal cases. We report on what we believe is the first case of A. cantonensis infection diagnosed by biopsy in a living patient. The spinal cord was biopsied because of the unusual clinical presentation of a myelopathy without meningeal symptoms, together with a mass lesion that was clinically and radiologically diagnosed as a spinal cord tumor. 2014-08-30T02:00:56Z 2014-08-30T02:00:56Z 2002 Article 03645134 10.1002/ana.10215 12112054 ANNED http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036294985&partnerID=40&md5=188463c164e1af27ca36c5c24378ec20 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12112054 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2517 English
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description Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis. Almost all cases are self-limiting and are diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; pathology reports are restricted to postmortem samples from lethal cases. We report on what we believe is the first case of A. cantonensis infection diagnosed by biopsy in a living patient. The spinal cord was biopsied because of the unusual clinical presentation of a myelopathy without meningeal symptoms, together with a mass lesion that was clinically and radiologically diagnosed as a spinal cord tumor.
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author Petjom S.
Chaiwun B.
Settakorn J.
Visrutaratna P.
Rangdaeng S.
Thorner P.S.
spellingShingle Petjom S.
Chaiwun B.
Settakorn J.
Visrutaratna P.
Rangdaeng S.
Thorner P.S.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
author_facet Petjom S.
Chaiwun B.
Settakorn J.
Visrutaratna P.
Rangdaeng S.
Thorner P.S.
author_sort Petjom S.
title Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
title_short Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
title_full Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
title_fullStr Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
title_full_unstemmed Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
title_sort angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor
publishDate 2014
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12112054
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