Sunday, January 22, 2012

Case of the Week 192

The following hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained sections of brain are from a 1-year old child with fatal meningoencephalitis. The child was otherwise healthy and had not traveled outside of the U.S. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)

Identification of this devastating infection?

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5 comments:

Kathy said...

Baylisascaris procyonis

Anonymous said...

in Foto 3 you see fins on either side of the worm.
Could it be Enterobius vermicularis ?
Though I don't think they are ever found in the brain.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Kathy. It was an 'emerging zoonosis' as far back as 2002. See: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/4/01-0273_article.htm

Matthew Rollosson said...

The alae and excretory columns of Baylisascaris procyonis can be seen in slide 3 of 6.

Keep the racoons out of your yard!

Toxocara spp. can also migrate to the brain.

Parasite spy said...

amoeba Naeglesia fowleri