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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
Dispatch

Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

Mehrab E Hossain, Karina J. Kennedy, Heather L. Wilson, David Spratt, Anson Koehler, Robin B. Gasser, Jan Šlapeta, Carolyn A. Hawkins, Hari Priya Bandi, and Sanjaya N. SenanayakeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Canberra Health Services, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (M. Hossain, K.J. Kennedy, H.L. Wilson, C.A. Hawkins, H. Bandi, S.N. Senanayake); Australian National University, Canberra (K.J. Kennedy, C.A. Hawkins, H. Bandi, S.N. Senanayake); Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Australian Capital Territory, Canberra (D. Spratt); University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A. Koehler, R.B. Gasser); University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (J. Šlapeta); The University of Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, Sydney (J. Šlapeta)

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Detection of Ophidascaris robertsi nematode infection in a 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia. A) Magnetic resonance image of patient’s brain by fluid-attenuated inversion recovery demonstrating an enhancing right frontal lobe lesion, 13 × 10 mm. B) Live third-stage larval form of Ophidascaris robertsi (80 mm long, 1 mm diameter) removed from the patient’s right frontal lobe. C) Live third-stage larval form of O. robertsi (80 mm long, 1 mm diameter) under stereomicroscope (original magnification ×10).

Figure 2. Detection of Ophidascaris robertsi nematode infection in a 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia. A) Magnetic resonance image of patient’s brain by fluid-attenuated inversion recovery demonstrating an enhancing right frontal lobe lesion, 13 × 10 mm. B) Live third-stage larval form of Ophidascaris robertsi (80 mm long, 1 mm diameter) removed from the patient’s right frontal lobe. C) Live third-stage larval form of O. robertsi (80 mm long, 1 mm diameter) under stereomicroscope (original magnification ×10).

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