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Toxocara canis - Associated Myelitis with Eosinophilic Pneumoniaopen access
- Authors
- Park, Kee Hong; Kim, Young-Soo; Kim, Soo-Kyung; Choi, Nack-Cheon; Kwon, Oh-Young; Lim, ByeongHoon; Park, Ki-Jong
- Issue Date
- Jun-2016
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC BRAIN & NEURAL SCIENCE, KOREAN SOC NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
- Keywords
- Myelitis; Toxocara canis; Eosionophilia; Pulmonary eosinophilia
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY, v.25, no.3, pp 139 - 142
- Pages
- 4
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY
- Volume
- 25
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 139
- End Page
- 142
- ISSN
- 1226-2560
2093-8144
- Abstract
- The existence of Toxocara canis - specific antibodies has recently been reported in patients with atopic myelitis. Here, we report the case of a 35-year-old male patient admitted with a chief complaint of right lower limb hypoesthesia lasting for a month. The patient was diagnosed with eosinophilic pneumonia 3 months ago, and a spine MRI revealed the presence of myelitis in the cervicothoracic cord. After confirming the presence of hyper-IgE-emia and Toxocara canis antibodies, the patient was treated with steroids and albendazole treatment, which improved his symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Toxocara canis - associated myelitis with eosinophilic pneumonia.
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