Cerebral schistosomiasis in a patient travelling from São Tomé and Príncipe.
Journal
BJR case reports
ISSN: 2055-7159
Titre abrégé: BJR Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101684132
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
07
06
2019
revised:
23
08
2019
accepted:
29
08
2019
entrez:
24
3
2020
pubmed:
24
3
2020
medline:
24
3
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Aiming to raise awareness for the possibility of schistosomal involvement of the central nervous system in travellers returning from endemic areas and/or immigrants to nonendemic areas, the authors report a case of neuroschistosomiasis in a Portuguese patient coming from the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe with good clinical outcome following praziquantel therapy. This is the first case of neuroschistosomiasis associated with São Tomé and Príncipe reported in literature and further studies are needed to confirm which species of this parasite are endemic of that region. We conclude that early diagnosis is key to reduce clinical severity and therefore validation of new diagnostic techniques and establishment of consensual treatment guidelines would be important.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32201606
doi: 10.1259/bjrcr.20190055
pmc: PMC7068093
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
20190055Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology.
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