title: [Paraplegia and bilharziasis. A propos of 4 cases (including 2 confirmed cases of bilharzial myelitis].
abstract: Four observations of paraplegia of bilharzians are presented. In two of them the anatomical proof of medullar localization of parasitosis was obtained, once in vivo, only once after a post-mortem. Medical study enables us to spot 55 cases of bilharzian paraplegia, of which 25 sufficiently explicit on the clinical point of view, indicated medullar parasitosis. A parasitosis diagnosis must especially therefore be sought out with the greatest care so that the specific and remarkably active treatment may be started as soon as possible.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Paraplégie et bilharziose. A propos de quatre observations (dont deux de myélite bilharzienne certaine).