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Recurrent neurocysticercosis [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2014
No abstract available.(Published: 31 July 2014)Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2014, 4: 24586 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v4 ...
Asad Jehangir, Esther Hwang, Anam Qureshi, Qasim Jehangir   +3 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Seizures, cysticercosis and rural-to-urban migration: the PERU MIGRANT study. [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of seizures, epilepsy and seropositivity to cysticercosis in rural villagers (cysticercosis-endemic setting), rural-to-urban migrants into a non-endemic urban shanty town and urban inhabitants of the same non-endemic
Cjuno, Alfredo, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, Garcia, Hector H, Gilman, Robert H, Gonzales, Isidro, Gonzalez, Armando E, Miranda, J Jaime, Rodriguez, Silvia, Smeeth, Liam, Tsang, Victor CW, Vargas, Victor   +10 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Factores asociados a convulsiones como manifestacion aguda de Neurocisticercosis en pacientes de hospitales de San Juan de Pasto e Ipiales durante 2011 – 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
RESUMEN Introducción. La principal manifestación aguda de la Neurocisticercosis son las crisis convulsivas, y constituye la principal causa de epilepsia prevenible en paises subdesarrollados,. En este estudio se evaluaron los factores sociodemográficos
Lozano Tovar, Gladys Susana, Martínez Villota, Viviana Alexandra   +1 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
doaj   +1 more source

Immunoreactive proteins in Taenia solium/cysticercus cellulosae [PDF]

, 2016
Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is a common zoonotic parasitic disease in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and parts of Oceania, and it is responsible for many cases of epileptic seizures.
Nhancupe, Noémia Jeremias
core   +1 more source

Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick, Cheick O. Soumah, Malé Doré, Oumar Mara, Desiré Neldje, Fodé A. Cissé, Toure M. Lamine, Aminata Diallo, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Alexander J. X. Chen, Alice Liu, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Farrah J. Mateen, The Guinea Epilepsy Project   +14 more
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Volumetric MRI study of the brain in patients with neurocysticercosis and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a common parasitic infection of the central nervous system and a known cause of focal epilepsy. Its potential role in triggering or contributing to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE‐HS) is suggested, but the impact on brain volumetry remains unclear.
Jaisa Quedi Araújo, Bruna da Silveira Arruda, Sandra Polita, Maurício Anés, Thiago Junqueira Ribeiro de Rezende, Matheus de Lima Ruffini, Adolfo Moraes de Souza, Jordana Soares Chaves, Fabiano Reis, Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin, Juliana Ávila Duarte   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source