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ArticleBMJ case reports2011

Neurocysticercosis case with tuberculoma-like epithelioid granuloma strongly suspected by serology and confirmed by mitochondrial DNA.

Takuya Maeda, Akira Ito, Yasuhito Sako, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Naoki Oyaizu, Takashi Odawara, Aikichi Iwamoto, Takeshi Fujii

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Takuya MaedaDivision of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Department on Internal Medicine 2, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. tmaeda@ndmc.ac.jp
Akira Ito
Yasuhito Sako
Hiroshi Yamasaki
Naoki Oyaizu
Takashi Odawara
Aikichi Iwamoto
Takeshi Fujii
The University of Tokyo · JPAsahikawa Medical University · JPNational Defense Medical College · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An Indian woman with multiple and nodular cerebral lesions presenting epithelioid granulomas was diagnosed as suspected malignant tumours and the biopsy was carried at local hospital in Japan. The specimen was pathologically diagnosed as tuberculoma. However, due to her nationality, the authors suspected it to be neurocysticercosis (NCC) and carried out serology and applied mitochondrial DNA analysis of Taenia solium. These diagnostic tools revealed it as NCC radiologically and pathologically mimicking central nervous tuberculomas. Molecular confirmation of NCC cases is strongly recommended when we can get the biopsy specimens.

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AlbendazoleAnimalsAnthelminticsBiopsyContrast MediaDiagnosis, DifferentialDNA, MitochondrialEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleGranulomaHumansNeurocysticercosisNeuroimagingTaenia soliumTuberculoma, IntracranialAlbendazoleAnthelminticsContrast MediaDNA, Mitochondrial

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PMID22689556
PMCPMC3139161
OpenAlexW2149033854

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