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World Neurosurgery, 2013 Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitosis of the central nervous system. Many forms, especially those inside the ventricles, carry a poor prognosis. Drug therapy is far from ideal.We propose and comment on the use of the endoscope to remove cysts, treat hydrocephalus, and to perform membrane fenestration as a way to simplify treatment.Many ...
Sacristán Fraile, Víctor +1 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1998 Summary Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system. Varied clinical manifestations occur, due to deposition of larvae of the parasite Taenia solium in cerebral parenchyma, meninges, spinal cord, muscles, eyes and skin.
Ravindra Kumar Garg
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Neurocysticercosis is a significant cause of epilepsy in the tropics. The present cross-sectional survey was conducted in the socioeconomically backward tea garden community of Assam to gauge the prevalence of neurocysticercosis in patients with active ...
K. Rekha Devi +5 more
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The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2014 Neurocysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease of the nervous system in humans, and constitutes a major public health problem for most of the developing world. The clinical manifestations of Neurocysticercosis (NCC) largely depend on number of lesions, site, and host immune response against the parasite.
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Brain Pathology, 1997 Cysticercosis is an infection caused by Taenia solium larvae (cysticerci). When the cysticercus is lodged in the central nervous system (CNS), the disease is known as neurocysticercosis (NCC). NCC is the most frequent and most widely disseminated human neuroparasitosis.
José Eymard Homem Pittella
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Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2010 Abstract Neurocysticercosis is a significant public health issue within the United States. Although cysticercosis was once thought to have been eradicated in the United States, the number of documented cases is rising and immigrants from endemic areas are at the highest risk for acquiring and developing this disease.
Kerstein, Andrew H, Massey, Andrew D
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Psychiatric Disorders of Neurocysticercosis: Narrative Review
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2021 Asmaa M El-Kady,1 Khaled S Allemailem,2 Ahmad Almatroudi,2 Birgit Abler,3 Mohamed Elsayed3 1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt; 2Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical ...
El-Kady AM +4 more
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A Classic Neurocysticercosis Case with an Unusual Complication [PDF]
, 2017 Cysticercosis is triggered by infection with the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The usual sites for the development of cyscticerci are the central nervous system (neurocysticercosis – NCC), subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, heart muscle ...
Maury, Inês +4 more
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Racemose neurocysticercosis. [PDF]
Surgical Neurology International, 2016 BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an invasive parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium.
Athas, Deena M +4 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017 Racemose neurocysticercosis refers to the ‘aberrant proliferating cestode larvae” presenting as multiple, non-capsulated cystic membranes that bud exogenously giving a multilocular cystic appearance resembling a ‘bunch of grapes’.
Arushi G. Saini +2 more
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