In:
Neurosurgery, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 21, No. 2 ( 1987-08-01), p. 235-238
Abstract:
A 43-year-old woman suffered from low back pain and bilateral footdrop. A cisternal myelogram unexpected revealed multiple filling defects in the spinal canal extending from the lower cervical region to the caudal equina. Diagnostic exploration revealed numerous cystic organisms adhering to the spinal cord and nerve roots. Histopathological examination showed these organisms to be proliferative sparganum cestode larvae. Although these cestode larval infections have been reported a dozen times in humans from various parts of the world, this is probably the first reported case of spinal cord infection.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0148-396X
,
1524-4040
DOI:
10.1227/00006123-198708000-00020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
1987
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1491894-8
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