Toxocariasis of the CNS simulating acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Animals, Domestic / parasitology
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
• Antibodies, Helminth / blood
• Antibodies, Helminth / cerebrospinal fluid
• Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use
• Brain / parasitology
• Brain / pathology
• Brain / physiopathology
• Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections / diagnosis*
• Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections / parasitology*
• Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections / physiopathology
• Child, Preschool
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Dogs
• Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / diagnosis*
• Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / physiopathology
• Eosinophilia / immunology
• Eosinophilia / parasitology
• Female
• Hazardous Substances
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Prednisolone / therapeutic use
• Spinal Cord / parasitology
• Spinal Cord / pathology
• Spinal Cord / physiopathology
• Thiabendazole / therapeutic use
• Toxocara canis / immunology*
• Toxocariasis / complications*
• Toxocariasis / diagnosis*
• Toxocariasis / physiopathology