PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rowley, Howard A.
AU  - Uht, Rosalie M.
AU  - Kazacos, Kevin R.
AU  - Sakanari, Judy
AU  - Wheaton, Wendy V.
AU  - Barkovich, A. James
AU  - Bollen, Andrew W.
TI  - Radiologic-Pathologic Findings in Raccoon Roundworm (<em>Baylisascaris procyonis</em>) Encephalitis
DP  - 2000 Feb 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 415--420
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/2/415.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/2/415.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2000 Feb 01; 21
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.