Neuroimaging features in neuro-gnathostomiasis and angiostrongyliasis

摘要

The recent publication on conflict neuroimaging featuresin neuro-gnathostomiasis and angiostrongyliasis is veryinteresting [1]. I would like to share idea on the summary‘‘neuroimaging studies may be useful to differentiate gnathostomiasisand angiostrongyliasis particularly in patientswith indistinct clinical presentations [1]’’. Indeed, the twodiseases have several different clinical characteristics andshould not be missed by the practitioners in the tropicalendemic area. By nature, the worm that cause gnathostomiasisis a wandering organism and can cause the problemdue to its migration while the worm that cause angiostrongyliasisis rather inert and mainly causes theincreased intracranial pressure.