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ArticleCureus2021

A Rare Case Report of Ruptured Cyst Presenting With Acute Meningitis in an Untreated Neurocysticercosis.

Hammam Shereef, Mahad Ahmed, Mohamedanwar Ghandour, Gino Tapia-Zegarra

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Article in Cureus, 2021. 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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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hammam ShereefInternal Medicine, Beaumont Health, Dearborn, USA.
Mahad AhmedInternal Medicine, Beaumont Health, Dearborn, USA.
Mohamedanwar GhandourInternal Medicine/Nephrology, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.
Gino Tapia-ZegarraInfectious Diseases Consultants, San Antonio, USA.
Detroit Medical Center · USInfectious Disease Consultants · USWayne State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) rarely presents as acute meningitis; however, when it does, it is not distinguishable clinically from other more common infectious etiologies. Here, we report a case of NCC presenting as acute meningitis, which also highlights the importance of brain MRI imaging rather than CT where possible, the need to include MRI of the spine in patients with the subarachnoid disease, and the limitations of NCC antigen detection assay in cerebrospinal fluid when used in ventriculoperitoneal shunt specimens. A prolonged course of albendazole, praziquantel, and corticosteroids led to the resolution of our patient's NCC.

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meningitisneurocysticercosissubarachnoid

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PMID33728172
PMCPMC7945967
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