RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radiologic-Pathologic Findings in Raccoon Roundworm (<em>Baylisascaris procyonis</em>) Encephalitis
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 415
OP 420
VO 21
IS 2
A1 Howard A. Rowley
A1 Rosalie M. Uht
A1 Kevin R. Kazacos
A1 Judy Sakanari
A1 Wendy V. Wheaton
A1 A. James Barkovich
A1 Andrew W. Bollen
YR 2000
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/2/415.abstract
AB Summary: A 13-month-old boy developed eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, retinitis, and a protracted encephalopathy with severe residual deficits. The initial MR examination revealed diffuse periventricular white matter disease, and follow-up images showed atrophy. Brain biopsy, serology, and epidemiologic studies lead to the diagnosis of Baylisascaris procyonis infection, a parasitic disease contracted through exposure to soil contaminated by the eggs of a common raccoon intestinal roundworm. The pathologic, epidemiologic, and imaging features of this disease are herein reviewed.