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Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus Due to Cysticercosis During Pregnancy
BACKGROUND Cysticercosis, due to the parasite Taenia solium, can involve any organ. When central nervous system infection occurs, signs and symptoms depend on the location of the cerebral lesions. Most patients develop seizures, focal symptoms, or headaches with nausea and vomiting. CASE A case of extraparenchymal (intraventricular) cysticercosis was diagnosed in a patient at term who present...
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The recent report on ptosis and cysticercosis is very interesting (Labh et al, 2013). The authors mentioned that that was a rare presentation of cysticercosis and also noted that “extraocular cysticercosis could be treated with oral steroid and albendazole”. Indeed, cysticercosis is a tissue infection and can be seen at any organ including the eyes. The ocular presentation of cysticercosis is n...
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A fourtyfive year old male presented with a painless solitary nodular swelling near left lateral border of the tongue of two months duration. Fine needle aspiration cytology lead to no conclusion. Excisional biopsy was done. Histopathology revealed Cysticercosis cellulosae and the parasite could be visualised in the slide along with the tongue muscles.
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A 23-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of headache, vomiting, recurrent episodes of syncope, weight gain, and leg pain. A physical examination revealed several subcutaneous nodules on the patient’s face and trunk. Exophthalmos, fundal hemorrhage, neck rigidity, and a hypertrophic appearance of the thigh and calf muscles were also noted. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Child's Nervous System
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0256-7040,1433-0350
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1635-2