Successful drug treatment of schistosomal myelopathy. A case report.

In a patient who presented with quadriplegia a large mass was demonstrated radiologically in the cervical part of the spinal canal. The patient came from an area where there is a high prevalence of schistosomiasis, and antischistosomal antibodies were present in the serum. Treatment with the antischistosomal drug niridazole led to a total clinical recovery and almost complete disappearance of the myelographic filling defect.