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Intramedullary schistosomiasis
1FCS Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johannesburg General Hospital, South Africa. sheunlab@yahoo.com
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|June 5, 2003
Abstract:
A case study of intramedullary schistosomiasis in a 10-year-old child is reported. The patient presented with a short history of ascending paraparesis with no sensory loss. Sphincter dysfunction was rapid. She had surgical exploration and removal of a conus medullaris mass. Schistosomiasis was confirmed histologically. Combined steroid and praziquantel therapy improved her sphincter function and paraparesis.