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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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Reversible manifestations of extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis

Clinical Case Reports, 2018
Key Clinical Message Movement disorders are uncommon manifestations of neurocysticercosis. When present, most are secondary to parenchymal lesions in the basal ganglia. Rarely, movement disorders can occur in racemose/extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis,
Edison M. Campos, Flavius D. Raslau, Robert Salinas, Daniela Di Capua, John T. Slevin, Mauricio F. Villamar   +5 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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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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Extradural spinal neurocysticercosis mimicking epidural abscess: a case report. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Lamichhane S, Kafle D, Poudel S, Kayastha SR, Dabadi S, Rajbhandari S, Khadka A.   +6 more
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Neurocysticercosis Presenting With Status Epilepticus in a Young South African Male Patient in Saudi Arabia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]

Cureus
Nazeer S, Sheikh ZB, AlHarbi AF, Samman RS.   +3 more
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Treatment limited neurocysticercosis in an incarcerated 24-year-old male: A case illustration. [PDF]

IDCases
Castillo K, Morgan J, Budde P.
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Neurocysticercosis by Taenia sp. in a female alpaca (Vicugna pacos) from Germany. [PDF]

BMC Vet Res
Dembowski M, Bittner-Schwerda L, Pütsch K, Rentería-Solís Z, Loderstedt S, Kiefer I, Starke A, Helm C, Hansmann F.   +8 more
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Neurocysticercosis masquerading as a hand knob stroke. [PDF]

Oxf Med Case Reports
Munakomi S, Parajuli M.
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IN VIVO SURGICAL APPROACH OF SUBRETINAL CYSTICERCOSIS: A CASE REPORT. [PDF]

Retin Cases Brief Rep
Medina Melo MM, Quintero Arciniegas L, Morales Orozco S.   +2 more
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