Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report

Neuroshcistosomiasis is a life-threatening complication of schistosomiasis. Its prevalence in endemic populations is believed to be underreported at 1–4%. We report a four-year-old child who came to our hospital relatively late since the presentation of weakness and incontinence. MRI revealed long s...

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Autores principales: Mohamed, Abdikarin Ahmed, Mengistu, Mihret Gebrehiwot, Haftu, Hansa, Mustefa, Mohammed, Yusuf, Abdisalam Abdullahi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9577854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36268327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104708
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author Mohamed, Abdikarin Ahmed
Mengistu, Mihret Gebrehiwot
Haftu, Hansa
Mustefa, Mohammed
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description Neuroshcistosomiasis is a life-threatening complication of schistosomiasis. Its prevalence in endemic populations is believed to be underreported at 1–4%. We report a four-year-old child who came to our hospital relatively late since the presentation of weakness and incontinence. MRI revealed long segment (T12-L1) ill-defined intramedullary lesions with cord extension having patchy enhancements. Despite the administration of both praziquantel and pulse prednisolone treatment, there was no convincing result. We thus question the role of steroids and praziquantel in individuals with late-diagnosed spinal schistosomiasis.
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spelling pubmed-95778542022-10-19 Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report Mohamed, Abdikarin Ahmed Mengistu, Mihret Gebrehiwot Haftu, Hansa Mustefa, Mohammed Yusuf, Abdisalam Abdullahi Ann Med Surg (Lond) Case Report Neuroshcistosomiasis is a life-threatening complication of schistosomiasis. Its prevalence in endemic populations is believed to be underreported at 1–4%. We report a four-year-old child who came to our hospital relatively late since the presentation of weakness and incontinence. MRI revealed long segment (T12-L1) ill-defined intramedullary lesions with cord extension having patchy enhancements. Despite the administration of both praziquantel and pulse prednisolone treatment, there was no convincing result. We thus question the role of steroids and praziquantel in individuals with late-diagnosed spinal schistosomiasis. Elsevier 2022-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9577854/ /pubmed/36268327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104708 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Mustefa, Mohammed
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Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report
title Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report
title_full Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report
title_fullStr Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report
title_short Spinal cord Schistosomiasis: A child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. A rare case report
title_sort spinal cord schistosomiasis: a child's case with an unsatisfactory outcome that mimicked an intramedullary neoplasm. a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9577854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36268327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104708
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