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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Research Letter

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningitis and Myelitis, Texas, USA

Roukaya Al HammoudComments to Author , Stacy L. Nayes, James R. Murphy, Gloria P. Heresi, Ian J. Butler, and Norma Pérez
Author affiliations: McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain (A) and the spine (B) showing meningitis and myelitis in a 12-month-old girl with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection, Houston, Texas, USA. A) Axial T1 post contrast sequences showing diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement (arrows). B) Sagittal T1 postcontrast sequences showing intramedullary enhancement in the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord T8–L5 with diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement (arrows).

Figure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain (A) and the spine (B) showing meningitis and myelitis in a 12-month-old girl with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection, Houston, Texas, USA. A) Axial T1 post contrast sequences showing diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement (arrows). B) Sagittal T1 postcontrast sequences showing intramedullary enhancement in the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord T8–L5 with diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement (arrows).

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