Meningoencefalítis por Angiostrongylus cantonensís Informe de un caso atípico

Abstract

Human infection due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis is well-known throughout the world as being one of the main causes of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. The present report corresponds to a clinical and anatomopathological study of a patient from the General Calixto García Hospital in Havana, who died from a neurological infection with torpid evolution. Autopsy revealed the presence of this parasite in the brain and lungs. Clinical laboratory tests did not show an eosinophile increase in blood or cerebrospinal fluid. The low frequency of this human parasitic disease in Cuba, as well as its unusual clinical presentation, prompted us to present this atypical report.