Neurocysticercosis: a reversible and rare cause of seizure in the developed world
| Autor: | Pouneh Pasha, Charlotte Dandurand, Kevin Kobes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Images In… Neurocysticercosis Lesion 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Tongue Pathognomonic Seizures parasitic diseases Taenia solium Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine business.industry Intermediate host Oncosphere General Medicine medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient medicine.anatomical_structure Neurosurgery medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 22-year-old man, originally from India, presented to an emergency department in Canada with a new-onset seizure and collapse associated with a few seconds of right eye and tongue deviation. This event occurred following 6 weeks of difficulty concentrating and unilateral left-sided headache. On examination, no focal neurological deficits were found. A non-contrast CT head was requested which showed a left-sided occipital lesion. A follow-up brain MRI revealed the ‘hole-with-dot’ lesion pathognomonic for neurocysticercosis (NCC). NCC is caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium and is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system, endemic to many low-income countries worldwide. T. solium is transmitted among humans via the faecal–oral route, with pigs acting as an intermediate host. Humans are a definitive host for the intestinal tapeworm which produces eggs containing an infective embryo (oncosphere). This embryo can actively cross the … |
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