Abstract
The Authors present a case of Toxocara canis arachnoidea located in the cervical zone. The rarity of the case and the extreme rarity of the position are emphasized. In fact in medical literature there exists a description of only one similar case which was also observed by one of the authors.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Arachnoiditis / complications
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Arachnoiditis / parasitology*
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Atrophy
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Female
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Humans
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Larva
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Middle Aged
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Spinal Cord / pathology
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Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
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Spinal Cord Diseases / complications
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Spinal Cord Diseases / parasitology*
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Toxocara / growth & development
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Toxocara / isolation & purification
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Toxocariasis / complications*
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Toxocariasis / epidemiology