Racemose neurocysticercosis presenting with thalamic stroke: A case report and literature review [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Racemose neurocysticercosis is an uncommon type of neurocysticercosis that represents a particularly aggressive infection. It is characterized by the presence of multiple confluent cysts within the subarachnoid space and it carries unique diagnostic ...
Filipa Castelao, Diogo Marques
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017 Racemose neurocysticercosis refers to the ‘aberrant proliferating cestode larvae” presenting as multiple, non-capsulated cystic membranes that bud exogenously giving a multilocular cystic appearance resembling a ‘bunch of grapes’.
Sameer Vyas +2 more
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Reversible dementia as a presenting manifestation of racemose neurocysticercosis [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013 Racemose cysticercosis is a less frequent presentation of neurocysticercosis (NCC). It′s presentation and management is quite different from cerebral parenchymal NCC.
Sudhir Sharma +5 more
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Racemose neurocysticercosis. [PDF]
Surgical Neurology International, 2016 Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an invasive parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The clinical manifestations of NCC depend on the parasitic load and location of infection, as well as the developmental stage of the cysticerci and host immune response, with symptoms ranging from ...
Christopher J Farrell
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Racemose Neurocysticercosis [PDF]
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020 Carlos M Vásquez
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Identification and culture of proliferative cells in abnormal Taenia solium larvae: Role in the development of racemose neurocysticercosis. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Racemose neurocysticercosis is an aggressive disease caused by the aberrant expansion of the cyst form of Taenia solium within the subarachnoid spaces of the human brain and spinal cord resulting in a mass effect and chronic inflammation.
Miguel A Orrego +7 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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Reversible manifestations of extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis [PDF]
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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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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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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