Human African Trypanosomiasis Encephalitis in the United States: Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Denny, Mary Carter
Lai, Leon L
Laureno, Robert
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2016
monographic
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It is important to recognize the signs and symptoms of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in order to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment. A 36-year-old man developed encephalitis caused by HAT. This encephalitis can appear many years after well-tolerated systemic infection. The neurologic manifestations developed 7 years after he had emigrated from Cameroon to the United States. We demonstrate the magnetic resonance imaging before, during, and after his treatment with intravenous eflornithine. Clinical signs and symptoms of HAT can be nonspecific and precede abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging. Human African trypanosomiasis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who have lived in sub-Saharan Africa and have a clinical presentation of subacute encephalitis.
English
PubMed-not-MEDLINE -- Not indexed
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Neurology
1941-8744
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1941874416637403
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1941874416637403
Ovid MEDLINE(R)
170411