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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2021

The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.

Oscar H Del Brutto, Hector H Garcia

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Oral Involvement in Cysticercosis: A Rare Case Report.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025
    Article
  4. Human Neurocysticercosis: An Overview.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Oscar H Del BruttoSchool of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo-Ecuador, Samborondón, Ecuador.
Hector H GarciaCenter for Global Health, Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.ORCID 0000-0002-4633-6269
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo · ECUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · PE

Funding

Training in Parasitic Diseases and Central Nervous System Infections in Peru.D43TW001140 · FIC · UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA · PI GARCIA, HECTOR HUGO, GILMAN, ROBERT H · 1999 to 2025
$5.7M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW001140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection of the nervous system by the cystic larvae of Taenia solium, is a highly pleomorphic disease because of differences in the number and anatomical location of lesions, the viability of parasites, and the severity of the host immune response. Most patients with parenchymal brain NCC present with few lesions and a relatively benign clinical course, but massive forms of parenchymal NCC can carry a poor prognosis if not well recognized and inappropriately managed. We present the main presentations of massive parenchymal NCC and their differential characteristics.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansNeurocysticercosisTaenia solium

Identifiers

PMID34793447
PMCPMC8601456
OpenAlexW3211558692

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