Spinal cord schistosomiasis: Case report

The authors present a case of spinal cord schistosomiasis which simulated a tumoral lesion determining spastic paraparesis with a sensitive-motor level at T1. The patient was treated with surgery, praziquantel and dexamethasone, with “restitutio ad integrum”. Seven years later the patient presented...

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Main Authors: Flávio Leitão, Djacir Figueiredo, Daniel Figueiredo, Dalgimar Bezerra de Menezes, Flávio Leitão Filho, João Paulo Mattos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 1999-03-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1623038