脑部表现的阿斯卡里斯 lumbricoides 的
Stephen B Tatter1, Jonathan W Hopkins2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
概括
肠道Ascaris lumbricoides感染可能导致罕见的脑部问题. 用抗虫药物或手术及时治疗可能会解决这些严重的神经并发症.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
背景情况:
- 人类是Ascaris lumbricoides的一种圆虫的最终宿主.
- 肠道阿斯卡里斯 (Ascaris lumbricoides) 通常会引起轻度症状.
- 同时的大脑表现是罕见但严重的并发症.
研究的目的:
- 报告两例肠道Ascaris lumbricoides病例与同时出现的大脑表现.
- 讨论Ascaris lumbricoides在引起脑损伤和的潜在作用.
- 突出这些疾病的有效治疗策略.
主要方法:
- 一个53岁的妇女的病例报告,她患有肠道阿斯卡里斯 (Ascaris lumbricoides) 和脑损伤.
- 一个2岁女孩的病例报告,她患有致命的脑和肠道阿斯卡里斯 lumbricoides.
- 对成像检测结果 (MRI) 和病理检查的审查.
主要成果:
- 第一个患者的脑损伤在梅本达治疗后得到缓解.
- 第二名患者死于多微生物脑,假设Ascaris lumbricoides是潜在的载体.
- 与Ascaris lumbricoides相关的大脑病变可能表现出特定的MRI特征.
结论:
- Ascaris lumbricoides可能会导致严重的神经并发症,包括脑损伤和.
- 抗虫治疗和切除是潜在的成功治疗策略.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明阿斯卡里斯 (Ascaris lumbricoides) 在多微生物脑的确切作用.
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