Metastatic malignancy masquerading as neurocysticercosis.

Daniela E DiMarco, Andrew J Hale, Adam Ulano, Lindsay M Smith

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Article in IDCases, 2019. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniela E DiMarcoUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Infectious Disease Unit, 111 Colchester Avenue, Mailstop 115 SM2, Burlington, VT 05401, United States.

Andrew J HaleUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Infectious Disease Unit, 111 Colchester Avenue, Mailstop 115 SM2, Burlington, VT 05401, United States.

Adam UlanoUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Infectious Disease Unit, 111 Colchester Avenue, Mailstop 115 SM2, Burlington, VT 05401, United States.

Lindsay M SmithUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Infectious Disease Unit, 111 Colchester Avenue, Mailstop 115 SM2, Burlington, VT 05401, United States.

University of Vermont Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystic brain lesions are a common clinical dilemma facing infectious disease providers. A broad differential diagnosis is required in the proper evaluation and care of patients facing such an illness. Here the authors describe the case of a 29-year-old woman who presented with seizures and was found to have multiple cystic brain lesions, with risk factors for neurocysticercosis. Ultimately, she was found to have a metastatic neuroendocrine malignancy. The authors review the ideal imaging and testing modalities in the diagnosis and exclusion of neurocysticercosis. This case serves as guidance for clinicians caring for patients with cystic brain lesions that may be infectious or non-infectious in etiology.

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Cystic brain lesionCysticercosisNeurocysticercosis

Identifiers

PMID31372339

DOI10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00596

PMCPMC6660454

OpenAlexW2959205921

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