ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2014
Hydrocephalus and neurocysticercosis: cases illustrative of three distinct mechanisms.
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- Navigating a Rare Neurological Conundrum: Quadriparesis in Neurocysticercosis With Hydrocephalus.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Brainstem and Spinal Arachnoiditis Ossificans Associated With Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- Human Neurocysticercosis: An Overview.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Isolated Intramedullary Lumbar Spine Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Occurrence and Review of Literature.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Calcified Neurocysticercosis and Headache in an Endemic Village: A Case-Control Study Nested to a Population-Based Cohort.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- An Unusual Presentation of Neurocysticercosis: A Space-Occupying Lesion in the Fourth Ventricle Associated with Progressive Cognitive Decline.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundCysticercosis is the most frequent parasitic infection of the nervous system. Most lesions are intracranial, and spinal involvement is rare. We describe here in two cases of neurocysticercosis (NCC) in the brain and one in the spinal cord that illustrate three distinct mechanisms leading to symptomatic acute hydrocephalus. CASE REPORT: Hydrocephalus was related to intracranial NCC in two of them. In the first case the hydrocephalus was due to an extensive arachnoiditis to the craniocervical junction, while in the second it was caused by obstruction of Magendie's foramen in the fourth ventricle by the scolex of Taenia solium. For the third patient, hydrocephalus revealed cysticercosis of the cauda equina due to the scolex.
conclusionsNCC should be considered as a possible diagnosis for patients suffering from hydrocephalus when they originate from or have traveled in endemic areas, MRI of the spine is mandatory to search for intraspinal lesions.
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