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Difficulties in Diagnosing Trichinella Encephalitis
Mary Ryczak
Mary Ryczak
Department of Infectious Diseases, Guthrie Clinic Ltd., Department of Pathology, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840
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William A. Sorber
William A. Sorber
Department of Infectious Diseases, Guthrie Clinic Ltd., Department of Pathology, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840
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Thomas F. Kandora
Thomas F. Kandora
Department of Infectious Diseases, Guthrie Clinic Ltd., Department of Pathology, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840
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Carol J. Camp
Carol J. Camp
Department of Infectious Diseases, Guthrie Clinic Ltd., Department of Pathology, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840
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Frederick B. Rose
Frederick B. Rose
Department of Infectious Diseases, Guthrie Clinic Ltd., Department of Pathology, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840
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Trichinella encephalitis remains a rare but life-threatening illness. Although well known to clinicians of another era, this disease currently may represent a diagnostic dilemma because of its infrequent occurrence and varied presentations. This report of trichinella encephalitis, presenting as quadriplegia, demonstrates that technological advances such as CAT scan, angiogram, and EEG are of no diagnostic assistance and add nothing to traditional diagnostic modalities, i.e., eosinophilia, sedimentation rate, and muscle biopsy. In some cases of trichinosis encephalitis where hypersensitivity reaction and/or vasculitis is believed to be the inciting factor, cortical steroids may have a role in treatment.
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