A tropical myelitis.

Tiphaine Paubel, Vincent Schneider, Marc Lenfant, Christelle Blanc Labarre

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology 2024 Nov

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Spinal cord inflammation is a rare presentation of schistosomiasis infection. The present report describes the case of a young patient presenting subacute medullary symptoms revealing extensive longitudinal myelitis related to schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia. The diagnosis was based on detection of parasite eggs in stool. The patient was treated with Praziquantel, corticosteroids and plasma exchanges, leading to a favorable clinical course. © 2024. Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia.

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Tiphaine Paubel, Vincent Schneider, Marc Lenfant, Christelle Blanc Labarre. A tropical myelitis. Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2024 Nov;45(11):5517-5519