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A case of neurocysticercosis and psychosis: Interplay of organic and iatrogenic etiologies

Telangana Journal of Psychiatry
Limited literature highlights the rareness of acute psychosis in the initial presentation of neurocysticercosis. Corticosteroids, which are used in treating this parasitic infection, and levetiracetam, which is used to treat resultant seizures, can also ...
Adarsh Singh, Shubhangi S. Dere, Rakesh Ghildiyal   +2 more
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European Journal of Neurology, Volume 33, Issue S1, June 2026.
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Extensive Inactive Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report in Mbeya, Southern Highlands of Tanzania [PDF]

Charles Elias Makasi,1,2 Bernard James Ngowi,3 Dominik Stelzle,4 Andrew Martin Kilale,1 Michael Johnson Mahande,2,5 Tamara Margarete Welte,4 Andrea Sylvia Winkler,4,6 Blandina Theophil Mmbaga2,7 1National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Medical
Welte TM, Ngowi BJ, Winkler AS, Mahande MJ, Stelzle D, Makasi CE, Kilale AM, Mmbaga BT   +7 more
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Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis.

, 2001
Neurocysticercosis is the most common helminthic infection of the CNS but its diagnosis remains difficult. Clinical manifestations are nonspecific, most neuroimaging findings are not pathognomonic, and some serologic tests have low sensitivity and ...
García, HH, Flisser, A, Gilman, RH, Rajshekhar, V, Takayanagui, O. M., Del Brutto, OH, Takayanagui, OM, Schantz, PM, Tsang, VCW, Flisser, A., Evans, CA, Evans, C. A., Brutto, Del, White, AC, Sarti, E, et, al., Nash, TE, Nash, T. E., Tsang, VC, Allan, JC, Correa, D., Schantz, P. M., Rajshekhar, V., Botero, D, Tsang, V. C., Correa, D, Gonzalez, AE, Evans, CAW, White Jr, A. C.   +28 more
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Scolex on the Brain: Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis develops when cysticerci become lodged in the ventricular outflow tract, which occurs in 10% to 20% of cases.
Olivia Mobarakai, Robert Summey
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Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in developing countries

, 2000
Neurocysticercosis is a disease of poverty and underdevelopment. Little is known about the natural history of the infection in humans, but some of the mechanisms whereby the parasite remains silent and evades the host immune response are understood ...
Carpio, A, Sander, J W, Pal, D K; id_orcid   +2 more
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Desenvolvimento de uma metodologia computacional para a identificação, contagem e mensuração de calcificações relacionadas com neurocisticercose em imagens de tomografia computadorizada / [PDF]

, 1999
Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro ...
Comunello, Eros
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Intradural spinal neurocysticercosis: Case presentation [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a common parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the larvae of the Taenia solium. Spinal cord involvement is very uncommon. Clinical case: A female patient with a history of NCC presented with
Calderon-Mirada, Willem Guillermo, Amaya-Quintero, Jessica, Joaquim, Andrei F., Lopez-Cepeda, Daniela, Balderrama, Jorge, Arevalo, Dania Elizabeth Trinidad, Pacheco-Hernandez, Alfonso, Agrawa, Amit, Ramos-Villegas, YanCarlos, Padilla-Zambrano, Huber Said, Moscote-Salazar, Luis Rafael   +10 more
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Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in people from Mocuba district, Zambézia province: A Mozambican community-based study.

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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Nível sérico da proteína S100B em pacientes com epilepsia secundária a neurocisticercose. [PDF]

, 2000
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Broering, Felipe Eduardo
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