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MRI of cervical cord lesions and their resolution in Toxocara canis myelopathy

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We report serial MRI findings in a 58-year-old man with cervical cord involvement by Toxocara canis, in whom antihelminthic chemotherapy yielded improvement of the neurological deficits and cord lesions seen on MRI.

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Av. Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    T. P. J. Duprez

  2. Department of Clinical Biology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    G. Bigaignon

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    E. Delgrange, M. Hermans & M. Buysschaert

  4. Department of Neurology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    P. Desfontaines & C. J. M. Sindic

  5. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    T. Vervoort

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Received: 16 October 1995 Accepted: 6 December 1995

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Duprez, T., Bigaignon, G., Delgrange, E. et al. MRI of cervical cord lesions and their resolution in Toxocara canis myelopathy. Neuroradiology 38, 792–795 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050350

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