An Interesting Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis
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Correspondence
Dr. Deepak Madi,
Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine,
Kasturba Medical College, (affiliated to Manipal University)
Attavar, Mangalore-575001, Karnataka, India.
Phone: 09845609148
E-mail: deepakmadi1234@gmail.com
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the causative agents of eosinophilic meningitis. Humans get infected when they ingest raw or partially cooked snails or monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis). There is a popular belief that the tongue and the liver of the monitor lizard has aphrodisiac properties. A 20-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a history of fever, headache and vomiting. His cerebrospinal fluid revealed eosinophilia. He gave a history of the ingestion of a monitor lizard, ten days prior to the onset of the symptoms. So, a diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis was made. He was treated with oral albendazole and prednisolone. His symptoms improved gradually within two weeks from his admission.