✓ A case of Schistosoma mansoni involving the spinal cord is reported and the pertinent literature reviewed. The epidemiology, pathology, clinical signs and symptoms, and laboratory data that frequently occur in this disease are presented. Low back or leg pain associated with sphincter disturbance and eosinophilia in a patient from an endemic area should alert the physician to the diagnosis. Early institution of specific therapy and decompressive surgery are the major determinants for a favorable prognosis in this potentially curable neurological disease.
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