title: MRI of cervical cord lesions and their resolution in Toxocara canis myelopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Duprez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bigaignon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delgrange
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Desfontaines
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vervoort
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sindic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buysschaert
mesh_terms: 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*