A case of disseminated central nervous system sparganosis

A case of disseminated central nervous system sparganosis

BACKGROUND Sparganosis is a very rare parasitic infection in various organs caused by the larvae of tapeworms called spargana. The larva usually lodges in the central nervous system (CNS) and the orbit. However, lumbar spinal canal involvement, as noted in the present case, is extremely rare. We report a rare case of disseminated CNS sparganosis involving the brain and spinal canal and review t...

The Brief Case: Central Nervous System Sparganosis in a 53-Year-Old Thai Man.

Closing the Brief Case: Central Nervous System Sparganosis in a 53-Year-Old Thai Man.

Abigail L. Carlson,a Nattapol Pruetpongpun,b Aubonphan Buppajarntham,b Pansachee Damronglerd,b Neil W. Anderson,c Anucha Apisarnthanarakb Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USAa; Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailandb; Department of Pathology ...

HYPERVITAMINOSIS A-INDUCED CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEFECTS

In this investigation the effects of excess vitamin A administration during the early embryonic period were studied. Intramuscular injection of a single dose of 15000,20000 or 25000 IU/kg vitamin A to pregnant Balb/c strain mice on either day 7,8,9 or 10 of gestation (vaginal plug= day 0 of gestation) produced major malformations in the central nervous system (CNS) including exencephaly, h...

Rare Association of Severe Cryptococcal and Tuberculosis in Central Nervous System in a case of Sarcoidosis

  Sarcoidosis is a multisystem noncaseating granulomatous disease with a propensity for lung, eye, and skin which recently have been proposed that mycobacterium tuberculosis may contribute in its pathogenesis, and rarely involves central nervous system (CNS). Despite CD4+ lymphocytopenia, sarcoidosis by itself does not increase risk of opportunistic infections other than cryptococcosis.Nonethel...