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Neurocysticercosis [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
Cysticercosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases 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 the the host immune response against the parasite.
Sacristán Fraile, Víctor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Biociències   +1 more
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Neurocysticercosis [PDF]

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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Racemose neurocysticercosis

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, Sameer Vyas, Pratibha Singhi   +2 more
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Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in people from Mocuba district, Zambézia province: A Mozambican community-based study. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
IntroductionTaenia solium cysticercosis represents a significant public health concern, especially in low-income countries such as Mozambique, where especially the sub form neurocysticercosis can be associated with acute symptomatic seizures, epilepsy ...
Janny Mucavele, Noémia Nhancupe, Gaby Ermelindo Roberto Monteiro, Regina Daniel Miambo, Lídia Gouveia, Alberto Pondja, Irina Mendes Sousa, Stephen W Bickler, Constance A Benson, Robert T Schooley, Veronika Schmidt, Charlotte Ruether, Dominik Stelzle, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Ladino Suade, Milton L Wainberg, Maria A Oquendo, Andrea S Winkler, Emilia Virginia Noormahomed, Zambézia cysticercosis working Group   +19 more
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Therapy for neurocysticercosis [PDF]

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2004
Therapy for neurocysticercosis has advanced during the last 20 years with the advent of albendazole (Zentel) and praziquantel (Cysticide). Albendazole is the current medication of choice for the treatment of neurocysticercosis and is recommended for symptomatic patients with multiple viable cysts in the brain parenchyma.
Osvaldo Massaiti Takayanagui
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NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS [PDF]

Neuropediatrics, 2006
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. It can present variably depending on the location and stage of cysts in the nervous system, and the host immune response. The most common presentation of parenchymal NCC is with seizures that are usually focal and brief; status epilepticus occurs in some ...
Ronald, Leonard, Edward D, Adickes, Roger A, Brumback   +2 more
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A Cross-Sectional Study of People with Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Tanzania: Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Approaches. [PDF]

, 2011
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of epilepsy in regions where pigs are free-ranging and hygiene is poor. Pork production is expected to increase in the next decade in sub-Saharan Africa, hence NCC will likely become more prevalent. In this study,
A Meyer, A Michault, A Nicoletti, AG Lescano, Ana Flisser, Andrea S. Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, C Simac, C Simac, EM Kojic, Erich Schmutzhard, F Quet, H Carabin, HA Ngowi, Herbert Auer, IK Phiri, JA Serpa, Joachim Blocher, JP Singhvi, JV Proaño-Narvaez, M Dumas, M Rigatti, M Schaffert, M Wilson, Matthias Schaffert, MT Medina, MT Medina, N Senanayake, OH Del Brutto, OH Del Brutto, OH Del Brutto, OH Del Brutto, Paige N. Gupton, Patricia P. Wilkins, PC Ndimubanzi, PM Preux, PP Wilkins, PR De Bittencourt, S Ong, SM Montano, TE Nash, TE Nash, Thaddaeus Gotwald, TL Mac, V Rajshekhar, VC Tsang, W Dent, William Matuja   +51 more
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A case of racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis in an unusual location

South African Journal of Radiology, 2021
Racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis are uncommon types of neurocysticercosis, resulting in a multiloculated, grape-like cluster appearance in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces. A male patient presented with symptoms of raised intracranial
Priya Singh, Surya P. Singh
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Neurocysticercosis [PDF]

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.
A D, Gubbay, B P, Brophy, S, Henley, M, Sage   +3 more
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Racemose neurocysticercosis presenting with thalamic stroke: A case report and literature review

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Racemose neurocysticercosis is an uncommon type of neurocysticercosis that represents a particularly aggressive infection. It is characterized by the presence of multiple confluent cysts within the subarachnoid space and it carries unique diagnostic ...
Filipa Castelão, MD, Mariana Pais, MD, Diogo Marques, MD, Mafalda Sequeira, MD, Cristina Marques, MD, Ana Cristina Rios, MD   +5 more
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