Medullary gnathostomiasis in a white patient: use of immunodiagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging

• Main Authors: J. Chandenier, J. Husson, S. Canaple, C. Gondry-Jouet, P. Dekumyoy, M. Danis, G. Riveau, C. Hennequin, A. Rosa, C. P. Raccurt
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Parasitologie
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/26782
• Institution: Mahidol University

A 48-year-old French diplomat presented with a sensory-motor paraparesis of rapid onset, leading to paraplegia. Successive magnetic resonance image scans showed lesions of the thoracic spinal cord that were at different levels from one examination to the next. Specific anti-gnathostome antibodies we...