ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2022
Case Report: Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection Presenting as Small Fiber Neuropathy.
Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Presumed parasitic meningoencephalitis following fresh snail exposure: physiotherapy interventions and functional outcomes in two distinct families and one solo case.BMC neurology · 2026Article
- Small-Fiber Neuropathy: An Etiology-Oriented Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Dysesthesias and migratory myalgias: clinical clues to suspect neuroangiostrongyliasis.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Angiostrongyliasis and Other Diseases Associated with Terrestrial Mollusks, IncludingPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Health implications of the finding of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, in continental Europe (Valencia, Spain)].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2023Article
- Update on the First Finding of the Rat Lungworm,Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Global Spread of an Emerging Tropical Disease.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2022Article
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Abstract
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an emerging parasite that is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. Human infection typically presents with headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia. We report a case of a woman with PCR positive A. cantonensis infection who presented with symptoms of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) but no headache. SFN was confirmed by skin biopsy. After failing standard medications for neuropathy, she was treated with intravenous lidocaine with considerable improvement. However, she required medications for 1 year to treat her chronic neuropathy. Infection by A. cantonensis should be added to the list of causes of SFN, and its potential to cause chronic sequelae should be appreciated.
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