Spinal schistosomiasis masquerading as an intramedullary tumor

IDCases. 2023 Mar 30:32:e01759. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01759. eCollection 2023.

Moustafa A Mansour^{1

2

3

4}, Mahmoud Bayoumi^{1

4}, Abdou Hamdi^{1

4}, Yehia Moawad^{1

4}, Ahmad A Ayad¹, Zarina Ahmadi⁵

¹ Department of Neurology and Neurologic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
² Department of Neurology and Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Division of Neuro-Intensive Care, Dar Al-Fouad Medical Corporation, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

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Keywords: Artemether; Myelopathy; Neuroschistosomiasis; Praziquantel; Schistosomiasis; Spinal Schistosomiasis.