Publication: Neurological manifestations of gnathostomiasis
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1977-01-01
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0022510X
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Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Vol.31, No.2 (1977), 279-291
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Prasert Boongird, Prida Phuapradit, Nongnuj Siridej, Thamrong Chirachariyavej, Sawang Chuahirun, Athasit Vejjajiva Neurological manifestations of gnathostomiasis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Vol.31, No.2 (1977), 279-291. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(77)90113-7 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10326
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Neurological manifestations of gnathostomiasis
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Neurological features of 24 patients with nervous system gnathostomiasis were reviewed. The commonest presenting features were radiculomyelitis or radiculomyelitis terminating with encephalitis, and subarachnoid haemorrhage. A primary encephalitic form was noted in 2 patients. The salient feature of the disease was sudden onset of extremely severe radicular pain and/or headache followed by paralysis of the extremities and/or the cranial nerves. Migration signs were also the hallmark of nervous system gnathostomiasis. No single area of the nervous system was inaccessible to the highly invasive gnathostome lava. Multiplicity and/or rapid progress of lesions beyond the degree of cerebral oedema could only be explained by further migration of the parasite. Death occurred in 6 patients from direct extensive involvement of vital centres in the brain stem or from complications such as pneumonia or septicaemia. Multiple cranial nerve palsies were usually bad prognostic signs. © 1977.
