CASE OF CHRONIC HUMAN DIPHYLLOBOTHRIOSIS COMPLETED BY FUNICULAR MYELOSIS

Authors

  • V. S. Kopcha I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9499-3733
  • M. A. Andreychyn I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0154-730X
  • S. I. Shkrobot I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University
  • S. I. Klymnyuk I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-3250
  • V. I. Korodyuk Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital
  • V. V. Boronilova Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital
  • O. V. Kulak Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital
  • V. H. Nevistiuk Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2019.3.10636

Keywords:

diphyllobothriosis, B12-deficiency anemia, funicular myelosis

Abstract

Described is the case of chronic human diphyllobothriosis, which, despite the characteristic clinical picture and advanced laboratory and instrumental examination, remained unidentified until the time of sighting examination for the purpose of detecting helminth eggs in feces. Effective ethiotropic treatment provided complete deworming, however, due to the development of an irreversible demyelinating complication, the prognosis for a complete recovery remained unfavorable.

Author Biographies

V. S. Kopcha, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

MD, Professor of the Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Skin and Venereal Diseases Department, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

M. A. Andreychyn, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

academician of the NAMS of Ukraine, Professor, MD, Head of the Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Skin and Venereal Illnesses Department of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

S. I. Shkrobot, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

MD, Professor, Head of the Neurology Department, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

S. I. Klymnyuk, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

V. I. Korodyuk, Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

Deputy Chief Doctor of Neurology, Ternopil Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

V. V. Boronilova, Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

Head of Unit No. 3 of Ternopil Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital TRC

O. V. Kulak, Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

neuropathologist, Ternopil Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

V. H. Nevistiuk, Ternopil Region Communal Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

neuropathologist, Ternopil Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital

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Published

2019-11-29

How to Cite

Kopcha, V. S., Andreychyn, M. A., Shkrobot, S. I., Klymnyuk, S. I., Korodyuk, V. I., Boronilova, V. V., … Nevistiuk, V. H. (2019). CASE OF CHRONIC HUMAN DIPHYLLOBOTHRIOSIS COMPLETED BY FUNICULAR MYELOSIS. Infectious Diseases – Infektsiyni Khvoroby, (3), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2019.3.10636

Issue

No. 3 (2019)

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Brief reports

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