ArticleTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2011
Neurocysticercosis.
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- The causal relationship between neurocysticercosis infection and the development of epilepsy - a systematic review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Pooled it
- Prevalence of neurocysticercosis and its characteristics among people with epileptic seizures and progressively worsening severe headaches in 60 villages in three provinces of Burkina Faso.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Trial
- Testing for Antibodies to Four Parasites in Residual Blood Specimens from Trachoma Surveys in Kiribati, 2015-2019.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Racemose Neurocysticercosis Presenting As Vasculitic Infarct and Obstructive Hydrocephalus: A Rare Presentation.Cureus · 2025Article
- Etiological Profile of First Episode Seizures in Paediatric Patients at a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2024Article
- Neurocysticercosis: A neglected but preventable cause of seizure in adults.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Radiology findings in neurocysticercosis: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2023Article
- Neurocysticercosis in patients with active epilepsy in the tea garden community of Assam, Northeast India.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Potential Parasitic Causes of Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis Endemic Area in the Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Neurocysticercosis presented as a solitary cystic parenchymal lesion mimicking primary brain tumor: A case report.IDCases · 2020Article
- Pediatric Neurocysticercosis.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2019Review
- Diagnostic Testing of Neurologic Infections.Neurologic clinics · 2018Review
- Evaluating the Recombinant T24H Enzyme-Linked Immunoelectrotransfer Blot Assay for the Diagnosis of Neurocysticercosis in a Panel of Samples from a Large Community-Based Randomized Control Trial in 60 Villages in Burkina Faso.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- Soluble Fas/FasLare elevated in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurocysticercosis.Parasitology research · 2017Article
- Infections of the Central Nervous System in Returning Travelers and Immigrants.Current infectious disease reports · 2017Review
- A Stratified Analysis of Clinical Manifestations and Different Diagnostic Methods of Neurocysticercosis-Suspected Tamilian Population Residing in and Around Puducherry.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Article
- Time trend of neurocysticercosis in children with seizures in a tertiary hospital of western Nepal.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Unexpected hosts: imaging parasitic diseases.Insights into imaging · 2017Review
- Survey of Obstetrician-Gynecologists in the United States About Taeniasis and Cysticercosis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Pediatric neurocysticercosis: current challenges and future prospects.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2016Review
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Abstract
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. It can present variably depending on the location and stage of cysts in the nervous system, and the host immune response. The most common presentation of parenchymal NCC is with seizures that are usually focal and brief; status epilepticus occurs in some cases. About a third of cases have headache and vomiting. Diagnosis is made by either CT or MRI. Single, small, contrast enhancing lesions are the most common; visualization of a scolex is diagnostic. Some cases have multiple cysts with a characteristic starry-sky appearance. Although treatment with cysticidal therapy continues to be debated, there is increasing evidence that it helps through increased and faster resolution of CT lesions; whether there is any improvement in long-term seizure control needs further study. It should not be used in cysticercus encephalitis or in ophthalmic NCC and used with caution in extraparenchymal NCC. It is of no use in calcified lesions. Corticosteroids are used simultaneously to reduce cerebral oedema. Seizures respond well to a single antiepileptic, and the seizure recurrence rate is low in cases with single lesions; those with multiple, persistent or calcified lesions usually have recurrent seizures. Extraparenchymal NCC is often associated with intracranial hypertension, hydrocephalous and chronic meningitis; it has a guarded prognosis; surgical intervention is required in many cases. Management of NCC needs to be individualized. NCC is potentially eradicable; proper sanitation, hygiene and animal husbandry are warranted.
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