eosinophilic myeloencephalitis

eosinophilic myeloencephalitis
neurologic symptoms caused by invasion of the central nervous system by Gnathostoma spinigerum, including severe nerve root pain, paralysis of limbs, sudden sensory impairment, and eosinophilic, bloody, or yellow-stained spinal fluid.

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