MRI of cervical cord lesions and their resolution in Toxocara canis myelopathy.
We report serial MRI findings in a 58-year-old man with cervical cord involvement by Toxocara canis, in whom antihelminthic chemotherapy yielded improvement of the neurological deficits and cord lesions seen on MRI.
Duprez
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Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Bigaignon
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Delgrange
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Desfontaines
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Hermans
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Vervoort
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Sindic
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Buysschaert
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D017166:Toxocara canis; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*