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Hospitalization Frequency and Charges for Neurocysticercosis, United States, 2003–2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Neurocysticercosis, brain infection with Taenia solium larval cysts, causes substantial neurologic illness around the world. To assess the effect of neurocysticercosis in the United States, we reviewed hospitalization discharge data in the Nationwide ...
Seth E. O’Neal, Robert H. Flecker
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Paediatric parenchymal neurocysticercosis with pleomorphic clinico-radiological presentations: a case series

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2023
Background Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is thought to be the most common helminthic infection of central nervous system in India. In children, it has pleomorphic clinical and radiological presentations depending on location and stage of lesion.
Sanjay Kumar, Radhamohan Rana, Mahesh Kumar, Aakash Yadav   +3 more
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Neurocysticercosis

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.
Jack, Moskowitz, Geoffrey, Mendelsohn
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Transcriptomic analysis of subarachnoid cysts of Taenia solium reveals mechanisms for uncontrolled proliferation and adaptations to the microenvironment

Scientific Reports
Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis (SANCC) is caused by an abnormally transformed form of the metacestode or larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. In contrast to vesicular parenchymal and ventricular located cysts that contain a viable scolex and are ...
Miguel A. Orrego, Michal W. Szczesniak, Carlos M. Vasquez, Manuela R. Verastegui, Javier A. Bustos, Hector H. Garcia, Theodore E. Nash, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru   +7 more
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Subarachnoid Racemose Neurocysticercosis in a Patient From India: A Case Report

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Neurocysticercosis is endemic in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. However, the subarachnoid form is a rare manifestation of neurocysticercosis that often is overlooked.
Lucy Cai, Hannah Kern, Michael Preziosi
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Bruns Syndrome Caused by Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis: Literature Review

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2020
Bruns syndrome is one of the clinical presentations of intraventricular neurocysticercosis, and it is characterized by episodes of headache, vertigo and vomiting. The intraventricular form of neurocysticercosis occurs in 7% to 20% of the cases, and it is
Guilherme Gago da Silva, Nelson Pires Ferreira, João Pedro Einsfeld Britz   +2 more
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Neurocysticercosis (Taenia solium)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2018
Neurocysticercosis accounts for approximately 30% of all epilepsy cases in most developing countries. The immunodiagnosis of cysticercosis is complex and strongly influenced by the course of infection, the disease burden, the cyst location, and the ...
H. García, S. O’Neal, J. Noh, S. Handali, Robert H. Armando E. Victor C. W. Silvia Manuel Isidro He Gilman Gonzalez Tsang Rodriguez Martinez Gonzales   +4 more
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Etanercept to Control Inflammation in the Treatment of Complicated Neurocysticercosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019
. Manifestations of neurocysticercosis (NCC) are primarily due to host inflammatory responses directed at drug-damaged or naturally degenerating metacestodes (cysts) of the tapeworm Taenia solium.
T. Nash, JeanAnne M Ware, C. Coyle, S. Mahanty   +3 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of occipital brain lesions in children

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Occipital brain lesions in children represent a diagnostic challenge due to the large spectrum of etiologies and overlapping clinical features. This review analyses common and less common causes of occipital brain lesions in children, including malformative, vascular, genetic/metabolic, infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions.
Luca Bartolini, Giulia Savoca, Matteo Tassone, Tiziana Metitieri, Renzo Guerrini   +4 more
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Endoscopic Management of Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis.

Turkish Neurosurgery, 2019
AIM To evaluate the technique and outcome of endoscopic management of intraventricular neurocysticercosis (NCC). MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively analysed the records of 30 consecutive patients of intraventricular (intra-third and fourth ...
Mohammad Kaif, M. Husain, B. Ojha
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