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1/2006
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Case report
The cerebral form of toxocarosis in a seven-year-old patient

Beata Kazek
,
Ewa Jamroz
,
Marek Mandera
,
Grażyna Bierzyńska-Macyszyn
,
Ewa Kluczewska
,
Elżbieta Marszał

Folia Neuropathol 2006; 44, 1: 72-76
Online publish date: 2006/03/21
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Introduction: Toxocarosis is a consequence of human infection by Toxocara canis larvae. There are symptomatic (visceral, ocular) and asymptomatic courses of toxocarosis. The cerebral form is very rare. Case report: We present a seven-year-old patient who developed a cerebral form of toxocarosis. She demonstrated focal neurological symptoms (epilepsy) confirmed by neuro-imaging and histopathological examinations. A positive test for toxocarosis essentially completed the other outcomes. On the basis of the clinical picture and the conducted tests a diagnosis of a cerebral form of toxocarosis was established. Mebendazole was applied in treatment.
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Toxocara canis, helminthose, larva migrans, cerebral toxocariasis, symptomatic epilepsy, treatment, diagnosis
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