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Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Research Letter

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield

Antoine L. DefoComments to Author , Noémie Lachaume, Emma Cuadro-Alvarez, Chimène Maniassom, Elise Martin, Falucar Njuieyon, Fanny Henaff, Yajaira Mrsic, Annabelle Brunelin, Loic Epelboin, Denis Blanchet, Dorothée Harrois, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Magalie Demar, Céline Dard, and Narcisse Elenga
Author affiliations: Andrée Rosemon Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana (A.L. Defo, N. Lachaume, E. Cuadro-Alvarez, C. Maniassom, E. Martin, F. Njuieyon, F. Henaff, Y. Mrsic, A. Brunelin, L. Epelboin, D. Blanchet, M. Demar, N. Elenga); Université de Guyane, Cayenne (L. Epelboin, D. Blanchet, M. Demar, N. Elenga); Basse-Terre Hospital, Guadeloupe, French West Indies (D. Harrois); University Hospital of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique (N. Desbois-Nogard); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Qvarnstrom); University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France (C. Dard)

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. A) MRI before treatment showing myelitis; sagittal T1 postcontrast sequences show intramedullary enhancement in the thoracic spinal cord T2–T10 with diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement (arrows). B) Normal MRI 1 month after treatment.

Figure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. A) MRI before treatment showing myelitis; sagittal T1 postcontrast sequences show intramedullary enhancement in the thoracic spinal cord T2–T10 with diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement (arrows). B) Normal MRI 1 month after treatment.

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