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