Neuroschistosomiasis
Synonyms
Central Nervous System Schistosomiasis
Myelitis, Schistosomal
Myelopathies, Schistosomal
Myelopathy, Schistosomal
Myeloradiculopathies, Schistosomal
Myeloradiculopathy, Schistosomal
Neuroschistosomiases
Schistosomal Myelitis
Schistosomal Myelopathies
Schistosomal Myelopathy
Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathies
Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy
Schistosomiasis, Central Nervous System
SCHISTOSOMIASIS of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges caused by infections with trematodes of the genus SCHISTOSOMA (primarily SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; and SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM in humans). S. japonicum infections of the nervous system may cause an acute meningoencephalitis or a chronic encephalopathy. S. mansoni and S. haematobium nervous system infections are associated with acute transverse myelitis involving the lower portions of the spinal cord. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch27, pp61-2)