Neurol. praxi. 2008;9(6):371-373

NEUROTOXOCARIASIS IN A CHILD

MUDr. Jana Kinčeková, PhD.1, prof. MUDr. Peter Bánovčin, CSc.2, MUDr. Marián Fedor, CSc.2, MUDr. Hubert Poláček, CSc.3, Mgr. Jana Pavlinová1, MUDr. Katarína Šimeková, PhD.4
1 Parazitologický ústav SAV, Košice
2 Klinika detí a dorastu, JLF UK a MFN, Martin
3 Klinika radiodiagnostiky, JLF UK a MFN, Martin
4 Klinika infektológie a cestovnej medicíny, JLF UK a MFN, Martin

The authors present a case of a 4-year-old child with a neurological form of toxocariasis with the larvae and numerous inflammatory infiltrates being located in various parts of the brain. Attention is paid to diagnosing and severe clinical symptoms at a high dose of embryonated Toxocara ova, resulting in intracranial primoinfection with central quadriparesis and parainfectious myocarditis.

Keywords: Key words: neurological infection, larval toxocariasis, MRI, diagnosing.

Published: January 1, 2009  Show citation

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Kinčeková J, Bánovčin P, Fedor M, Poláček H, Pavlinová J, Šimeková K. NEUROTOXOCARIASIS IN A CHILD. Neurol. praxi. 2008;9(6):371-373.
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