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Luciano de S. Queiroz, MD; Anamarli Nucci, MD; Nubor O. Facure, MD; José J. Facure, MD

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(8):517-519.

Abstract
• Spinal cord lesions are rare in schistosomiasis. Schistosomal ova usually elicit a granulomatous myelitis in which necrotic foci are sometimes observed, but extensive cord necrosis is exceptional. A 19-year-old Brazilian woman had transverse myelitis that ended fatally one month and a half thereafter. Autopsy disclosed a total myelonecrosis below T-4, and ova of Schistosoma mansoni were demonstrated in the necrotic cord tissue and leptomeninges. This is, to our knowledge, the most extensive necrosis of the spinal cord reported to date in schistosomiasis.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pathology and Neurology, State University of Campinas (Brazil), School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 29, 1978.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, State University of Campinas, Caixa Postal 1170, 13100 Campinas, SP, Brazil (Dr Nucci).

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