title: MR in Toxocara canis myelopathy.
abstract: We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and myelopathy caused by Toxocara canis and describe the clinical and thoracic MR findings. An enhancing thoracic spinal cord lesion which was shown on MR resolved after an interval of 140 days with partial resolution of the patient's symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, IL 61656.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kimm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000187:drug effects; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D008463:Mebendazole; D013827:Thiabendazole