Subarachnoid racemose neurocysticercosis with cerebellar involvement: an old friend in an infrequent location? [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2021 Taenia solium is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system and it can cause parenchymal or extra-parenchymal lesions. Subarachnoid cysticercosis is a type of extra-parenchymal infection in which the prevalence is not known and ...
Diana Maritza Parra-Cárdenas +4 more
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Neurological deterioration in a patient with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis initially improving on antifungal treatment: a case report of coincidental racemose neurocysticercosis [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Managing HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM) can become challenging in the presence of concurrent unusual central nervous system infections.
Newton Kalata +7 more
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Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in racemose form of neurocysticercosis [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2015 The present work aimed to evaluate the pattern of CSF alterations in patients diagnosed with neurocysticercosis (NCC) in racemose form.Method This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with diagnosis of NCC in racemose form.
Rodrigo Bazan +5 more
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Bruns' syndrome and racemose neurocysticercosis: a case report [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite may infect the central nervous system, causing neurocysticercosis (NCC).
Roberta Diehl Rodriquez +7 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 +5 more
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Treatment of racemose neurocysticercosis. [PDF]
Surg Neurol Int, 2017 Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a common parasitic infection of the central nervous system, caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium. It is endemic to certain parts of the world, including Central America, South America, Asia, and Africa. The racemose form, characterized by extraparenchymal location, increased morbidity and mortality, and large loculated ...
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Reversible dementia due to Neurocysticercosis: improvement of the racemose type with antihistamines [PDF]
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2015 Infection of the human central nervous system (CNS) by the larvae of Taenia solium, termed neurocysticercosis (NCC), is endemic in most developing countries, where it is a major cause of acquired seizures and other neurological morbidity, including ...
Gislaine Cristina Lopes Machado-Porto +4 more
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Reversible dementia as presenting manifestation of racemose neurocysticercosis
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013 Rajendra Singh Jain +2 more
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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2016 We are presenting a case of racemose neurocysticercosis presented with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure and radiologically mimicking high-grade glioma, which was managed surgically with good recovery.
Neha Singh, Deepak Kumar Singh
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Giant racemose neurocysticercosis with mass effect: Unusual presentation
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013 Suresh Kumar +3 more
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