Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Sow Adjaratou Dieynabou

Publications

• Case Report
  Bilharzian Myelo-Radiculopathy in Neurological Unit in Dakar-Senegal
  Author(s): Bakhoum Mbagnick, Sow Adjaratou Dieynabou, Toure Kamadore, Basse Anna, Diagne Ngor Side, Ndiaye Moustapha, Diop Amadou Gallo and Ndiaye Mouhamadou MansourBakhoum Mbagnick, Sow Adjaratou Dieynabou, Toure Kamadore, Basse Anna, Diagne Ngor Side, Ndiaye Moustapha, Diop Amadou Gallo and Ndiaye Mouhamadou Mansour
  
  Introduction: Bilharzia is a major parasitic endemic, perpetuated by the habits of life of the tropical populations. He is responsible for digestive or urinary manifestations; Neurological complications are rare. Case presentations: We relate two cases of patients admitted in Fann teaching hospital during year 2016. They were 2 men respectively 25 years and 32 years old living in endemic bilharzia area and with a notion of repetitives bathings and haematuria in one case. They presented a subacute myeloradiculitis and a terminal cone syndrom. The findings revealed blood hypereosinophilia, positive bilharzian serology in blood and CSF and the presence of bilharzi’s eggs in urine. The medullar MRI was normal in the first case and was like a pseudo tumor located from T11 to L1. Both patients benefited a treatment with a single-dose (40 mg/kg) of praziquantel, 6 weeks of corticostero.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000997

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