Angiostrongylus meningitis associated with intraparenchymal cerebral haemorrhage

N Z Med J. 2013 Nov 22;126(1386):98-102.

Abstract

Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis) is a nematode parasite found in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific that is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis. We report a case of intraparenchymal cerebral haemorrhage associated with A. cantonensis meningitis. This complication has not previously been reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis / complications*
  • Meningitis / diagnosis
  • Meningitis / parasitology
  • Micronesia / ethnology
  • Middle Aged
  • New Zealand / epidemiology
  • Strongylida Infections / complications
  • Strongylida Infections / diagnosis*
  • Strongylida Infections / ethnology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Travel