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The cerebral form of toxocarosis in a seven-year-old patient
Beata Kazek1, Ewa Jamroz, Marek Mandera
1Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. neurdziec@slam.katowice.pl
Introduction:
Toxocarosis is a consequence of human infection by Toxocara canis larvae. There are symptomatic (visceral, ocular) and asymptomatic courses of toxocarosis. The cerebral form is very rare.
Case Report:
We present a seven-year-old patient who developed a cerebral form of toxocarosis. She demonstrated focal neurological symptoms (epilepsy) confirmed by neuro-imaging and histopathological examinations. A positive test for toxocarosis essentially completed the other outcomes. On the basis of the clinical picture and the conducted tests a diagnosis of a cerebral form of toxocarosis was established. Mebendazole was applied in treatment.
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