SCHISTOSOMAL MYELORADICULOPATHY: REPORT OF TWO CASES

• DOI: 10.26226/morressier.5ad774dfd462b80296ca6b5c
• Publication Date: 2020-02-19T17:12:24Z
• Authors: Camila Giuliana A...

On examination patient presented grade 4 muscle strength in lower limbs and absent Achilles reflex.Spinal cord MRI showed an intramedullary lesion expansion between T10 conus medullaris, associated with vasogenic edema compatible neuroschistosomiasis.Patient 2: Healthy 6-year-old girl intermittent fever, weakness pain limbs.Deep tendon reflexes were the limbs, decreased tactile sensory, sensory loss of temperature.Spinal evidenced a nodular medullaris neuroschistosomiasis.