Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis

Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis

Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that, due to variable clinical syndromes, is often underrecognized. We present the case of a patient with eosinophilia, focal neurological signs and multiple bilateral brain lesions, distributed mainly in the border zones. The diagnostic workup revealed neurotrichi...

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Main Authors: Elena Cecilia Rosca, Mihaela Simu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Neurotrichinosis
Border zone cerebral lesions
MRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217303235
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spelling doaj-474c03e2459f409eadfbce8d21409c0a2020-11-24T22:32:31ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112018-02-0167C434510.1016/j.ijid.2017.12.011Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosisElena Cecilia Rosca0Mihaela Simu1University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, Department of Neurology, RomaniaUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, Department of Neurology, RomaniaTrichinosis is a parasitic disease that, due to variable clinical syndromes, is often underrecognized. We present the case of a patient with eosinophilia, focal neurological signs and multiple bilateral brain lesions, distributed mainly in the border zones. The diagnostic workup revealed neurotrichinosis, which should be suspected even without a clear history of consumption of poorly cooked meat.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217303235NeurotrichinosisBorder zone cerebral lesionsMRI
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author Elena Cecilia Rosca
Mihaela Simu
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Mihaela Simu
Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Neurotrichinosis
Border zone cerebral lesions
MRI
author_facet Elena Cecilia Rosca
Mihaela Simu
author_sort Elena Cecilia Rosca
title Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
title_short Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
title_full Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
title_fullStr Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
title_full_unstemmed Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
title_sort border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
1878-3511
publishDate 2018-02-01
description Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that, due to variable clinical syndromes, is often underrecognized. We present the case of a patient with eosinophilia, focal neurological signs and multiple bilateral brain lesions, distributed mainly in the border zones. The diagnostic workup revealed neurotrichinosis, which should be suspected even without a clear history of consumption of poorly cooked meat.
topic Neurotrichinosis
Border zone cerebral lesions
MRI
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217303235
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