The existence of Toxocara canis -specific antibodies has recently been reported in patients with atopic myelitis. Here, we report the case of a 35-year-old male patient admitted with a chief complaint of right lower limb hypoesthesia lasting for a month. The patient was diagnosed with eosinophilic pneumonia 3 months ago, and a spine MRI revealed the presence of myelitis in the cervicothoracic cord. After confirming the presence of hyper-IgE-emia and Toxocara canis antibodies, the patient was treated with steroids and albendazole treatment, which improved his symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Toxocara canis -associated myelitis with eosinophilic pneumonia.
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Park, K. H., Kim, Y. S., Kim, S. K., Choi, N. C., Kwon, O. Y., Lim, B. H., & Park, K. J. (2016). Toxocara canis -Associated myelitis with eosinophilic pneumonia. Experimental Neurobiology, 25(3), 139–142. https://doi.org/10.5607/en.2016.25.3.139