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ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo2021

Subarachnoid racemose neurocysticercosis with cerebellar involvement: an old friend in an infrequent location?

Diana Maritza Parra-Cárdenas, María Teresa Vargas-Cuervo, Jorge Armando Montejo-Coy, Carlos Mauricio Calderon-Vargas, Diego Fernando Severiche-Bueno

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Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Diana Maritza Parra-CárdenasUniversidad de la Sabana, Chía, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-327X
María Teresa Vargas-CuervoPontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-6184
Jorge Armando Montejo-CoyUniversidad de la Sabana, Chía, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1993-1078
Carlos Mauricio Calderon-VargasHospital Universitario de La Samaritana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Diego Fernando Severiche-BuenoUniversidad de la Sabana, Chía, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-3093
Universidad de La Sabana · COHospital Universitario de la Samaritana · COPontificia Universidad Javeriana · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taenia solium is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system and it can cause parenchymal or extra-parenchymal lesions. Subarachnoid cysticercosis is a type of extra-parenchymal infection in which the prevalence is not known and racemose NC with cerebellar involvement has been rarely reported. The diagnosis is challenging because of its similarity to other infectious diseases or to subarachnoid involvement of systemic malignancies. Treatment usually requires cysticide drugs, however, there are no randomized studies concerning the anti-parasitic treatment in subarachnoid NC. We present a case of racemose NC in the cerebellar hemisphere to draw attention to this pathology, endemic in many parts of the world; and highlight all the current gaps in our understanding of this entity.

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PMCPMC8216685
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