Neurocysticercosis-Induced Hemiballismus in a Child
| Autor: | Prachi Karnik, Jane J E David, Radha Ghildiyal, Milind S. Tullu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Movement disorders Prednisolone Neurocysticercosis Albendazole Lesion Thalamus Taenia solium Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain Animals Humans Medicine Child Glucocorticoids Anthelmintics Hemiballismus Dyskinesias medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Neurology (clinical) Radiology medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Child Neurology. 26:904-906 |
| ISSN: | 1708-8283 0883-0738 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0883073810393966 |
| Popis: | Neurocysticercosis lesions can occur in the basal ganglia, but most of these are clinically silent. Neurocysticercosis manifesting as movement disorders is extremely uncommon. The authors report a case of neurocysticercosis in an 11-year-old girl presenting with right hemiballismus (a clinical manifestation not yet reported). Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain confirmed the solitary neurocysticercosis lesion in the left thalamus. The child was symptomatic for 5 years and improved dramatically within 2 days of starting definitive therapy for neurocysticercosis (albendazole and prednisolone). |
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