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ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2020

Neurocysticercosis Diagnosed by

Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Jonathan Wei Zhong Chia, Ramez Wadie Kirollos, Yih Yian Sitoh, Cristine Ding, Monica Chan

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Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sean Wei Xiang OngNational Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-436X
Jean-Marc ChavatteNational Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-541X
Jonathan Wei Zhong ChiaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Ramez Wadie KirollosDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Yih Yian SitohDepartment of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9693-7559
Cristine DingDepartment of Pathology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8289-0507
Monica ChanNational Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital · SGNational Neuroscience Institute · SGNational Centre for Infectious Diseases · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is a common cause for brain lesions and adult-onset epilepsy in endemic countries. However, diagnosis is challenging in the absence of typical radiologic or histopathologic features. In this case report, we present a case of a 35-year-old male with a new-onset seizure and a rim-enhancing temporal lobe lesion. Radiologic features were nonspecific, and brain biopsy was performed. Histologic features showed only nonspecific granulomatous inflammation, and the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was confirmed only with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on brain biopsy tissue demonstrating PCR products consistent with

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PMCPMC7700053
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