[Cerebral vasculitis secondary to Toxocara canis and Fasciola hepatica co-infestation]

L Oujamaa; I Sibon; A Vital; P Ménégon

[Cerebral vasculitis secondary to Toxocara canis and Fasciola hepatica co-infestation]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2003 Apr;159(4):447-50.

[Article in French]

Authors

L Oujamaa¹, I Sibon, A Vital, P Ménégon

Affiliation

¹ Fédération de Neurosciences Cliniques, CHU de Bordeaux.

PMID: 12773876

Abstract

Neurological complications of cosmopolitan parasitosis are rare. We report a case of a cerebral and systemic vasculitis secondary to a visceral larva migrans syndrome associated with a Toxocara canis and Fasciola hepatica co-infestation.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Cognition Disorders / etiology
Eosinophilia / etiology
Fascioliasis / complications*
Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Memory Disorders / etiology
Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply
Reflex, Abnormal
Toxocara canis / isolation & purification*
Toxocariasis / complications*
Vasculitis / etiology
Vasculitis / parasitology
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / etiology*