ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2013
Reduced diffusion in neurocysticercosis: circumstances of appearance and possible natural history implications.
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- Advanced magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in a case of neurocysticercosis from North America.The neuroradiology journal · 2022Article
- Neurocysticercosis: An Uncommon Cause of Acute Supratentorial Hydrocephalus.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2022Article
- Clinical applications of diffusion-weighted sequence in brain imaging: beyond stroke.Neuroradiology · 2022Review
- Atypical radiological presentation of multiple cystic brain metastases from lung cancer simulating neurocysticercosis.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- A comprehensive review of imaging findings in human cysticercosis.Japanese journal of radiology · 2016Review
- Cysticercosis of the masseter: MRI and sonographic correlation.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
background and purposeFew studies discuss DWI findings in patients with NCC, and their conclusions are variable and contradictory. The aim of our study was to describe DWI findings of a cohort of patients with NCC, emphasizing the frequency of reduced diffusion. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis retrospective study included 48 patients with NCC. Two neuroradiologists analyzed MR images regarding location, number, and stage of NCC lesions. On the basis of visual analysis, they defined, by consensus, the presence of high signal within NCC lesions on DWI and measured their ADC values when feasible.
resultsThe total number of lesions was 342: parenchymal (263), subarachnoid (65), and intraventricular (14); 83 were DWI hyperintense. The first pattern was a small eccentric hyperintense dot/curvilinear structure on DWI (representing the scolex) noted in intraparenchymal lesions in vesicular (41 lesions, 29%) and colloidal vesicular (18 lesions, 19%) stages, in 14 (22%) subarachnoid lesions, and 2 (14%) intraventricular lesions; rADC calculations were hampered by the intrinsic small dimensions of this finding. The second pattern was the presence of total/subtotal DWI hyperintensity in intraparenchymal lesions, 5 in the colloidal vesicular stage (5%) and 1 in the granular nodular phase (3%). Two subarachnoid lesions also showed the same presentation; in this second pattern, reduced diffusion was present in different degrees, measured by rADC calculations.
conclusionsDWI may identify the scolex, increasing diagnostic confidence for NCC. Total/subtotal DWI hyperintensity, related to the stage of the lesion, though uncommon, allows including NCC as a consideration in the differential diagnosis of lesions with reduced diffusion and ring enhancement.
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