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 Rowley, Howard A.
A1 Uht, Rosalie M.
A1 Kazacos, Kevin R.
A1 Sakanari, Judy
A1 Wheaton, Wendy V.
A1 Barkovich, A. James
A1 Bollen, Andrew W.
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.