A large silent cysticercus occupying most of the medulla oblongata
| Autor: | H. Saavedra, C. Salas, H. H. Garcia, J. P. Meneses, D. Esteban |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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parasitic infections
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.25 [https] business.industry cysticercosis 030231 tropical medicine Neurocysticercosis neurocysticercosis Cysticercosis Cysticercus medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient 0302 clinical medicine Neurology parasitic diseases Taenia solium Medulla oblongata Medicine Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery seizures |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Neurology. 23:e6-e7 |
| ISSN: | 1351-5101 |
| Popis: | Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the infectionof the central nervous system by cysts(larvae) of Taenia solium, a relevant pub-lic health issue in low-income countriesand nowadays found in most of theworld. NCC cysts most commonly locatein the gray-white matter border of thecerebral hemispheres, although they canbe found in ventricles, subarachnoidspaces, cerebellum or spine. The locationof the cysts defines the clinical presenta-tion, i.e. seizures in the case of parenchy-mal brain cysticercosis, intracranialhypertension in subarachnoid or ventricu-lar cysticercosis. A cyst in an unusuallocation, such as the brainstem, may pres-ent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a patient with a cysticerco-sis cyst in the medulla oblongata, withgross displacement of its anatomicalstructures but minimal clinical expression. |
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