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Intracranial Cysts: An Imagery Diagnostic Challenge

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Intracerebral cysts and cystic appearing intracerebral masses are common findings at routine cerebral imaging examination. We discuss here the most interesting aspects of some intracerebral cysts encountered in medical practice in terms of imaging, clinical and pathological description, and problems of differential diagnosis. On an almost routine basis,
Alexandra Oprişan, Bogdan O. Popescu, Julian Benito-Leon, Walter Hall   +3 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, Volume 2009, Issue 1, 2009., 2009
Neurocysticercosis, the infection caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system and the most common cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. This has primarily been a disease that remains endemic in low‐socioeconomic countries, but because of increased migration ...
Christina M. Coyle, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Louis M. Weiss   +2 more
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Racemose neurocysticercosis - neuroimaging guide the diagnosis

Biomédica, 2016
La neurocisticercosis es la primera causa de parasitosis del sistema nervioso central y de epilepsia adquirida en países en vía de desarrollo. Las manifestaciones clínicas de la neurocisticercosis, especialmente la variante racemosa, son pleomórficas e inespecíficas, características que dificultan el diagnóstico y lo convierten en un desafío para el ...
Carlos Hugo, Zapata, Sergio Alberto, Vargas, Carlos Santiago, Uribe   +2 more
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A Cross-Sectional Study of People with Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Tanzania: Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Approaches. [PDF]

, 2011
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of epilepsy in regions where pigs are free-ranging and hygiene is poor. Pork production is expected to increase in the next decade in sub-Saharan Africa, hence NCC will likely become more prevalent. In this study,
Patricia P Wilkins, Paige N Gupton, Blocher, J., Auer, H., Wilkins, P.P., Matuja, W., Matuja William, Gotwald, Thaddaeus, Gupton Paige N., Schmutzhard, E., Winkler, A.S., Thaddaeus Gotwald, Matthias Schaffert, Schmutzhard Erich, Auer Herbert, Matuja, William, Schmutzhard, Erich, Patricia P. Wilkins, Gupton, P.N., Schaffert Matthias, Andrea S. Winkler, Gupton, Paige N, Wilkins, Patricia P., Wilkins, Patricia P, Gotwald Thaddaeus, Schaffert, M., Schaffert, Matthias, Winkler, Andrea Sylvia, Gotwald, T., Joachim Blocher, Andrea S Winkler, Herbert Auer, Erich Schmutzhard, Winkler Andrea S., Gupton, Paige N., Winkler, Andrea S, William Matuja, Paige N. Gupton, Wilkins Patricia P., Blocher, Joachim, Auer, Herbert, Blocher Joachim   +41 more
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Neurocysticercosos in South-Central America and the Indian Subcontinent: a comparative evaluation

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1997
Neurocysticercosis is an important public health problem in South-Central America and South Asia. A review of the differences in epidemiological and clinical attributes of cysticercosis and taeniasis in South Central America and India, respectively, is ...
Gagandeep Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Cognitive Manifestations of Racemose Neurocysticercosis: A Two Case Report [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a central nervous system infection caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium, endemic in Latin America and Asia. It can present as intraparenchymal or racemose (rNCC) forms, with symptoms including epilepsy, headaches, and ...
Jobet M, Perez V, Arias O, Bravo S, Santibanez R.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Increased iron uptake in the bladder wall of racemose cysts of Taenia solium

, 2022
Racemose neurocysticercosis is an aggressive infection caused by the aberrant expansion and proliferation of the bladder wall of the Taenia solium cyst within the subarachnoid spaces of the human brain.
Vasquez, Carlos M., Togneri, Kayla, Cysticercosis Working Grp Peru, Orrego Solano, Miguel Ángel, Nash, Theodore E., Laclette, Juan P., García Lescano, Héctor Hugo   +6 more
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Unusual Painful Trigeminal Neuropathy Caused by Racemose Neurocysticercosis [PDF]

Pain Medicine, 2016
Dear Editor, Space-occupying lesions in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) and pre-pontine cistern can manifest as painful trigeminal neuropathy. Cases of meningiomas, schwannomas, arachnoid cysts, and tuberculomas causing trigeminal neuralgia have frequently been reported.
Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Gianfelipe Belini Poliseli, Victor Azevedo Oliveira, Roberto Bezerra Vital, Márcia Maria Ferreira Lima, Rodrigo Bazan, Marco Antônio Zanini   +6 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography of neurocysticercosis

South African Journal of Radiology, 2002
The typical radiological appearance of neurocysticercosis (NC) includes: small solitary or multiple non-enhancing lesions, small enhancing nodules, non-enhancing cysts without and at a later stage with perifocal oedema, racemose cysts in the subarachnoid
J. Bruna
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Taenia crassiceps injection into the subarachnoid space of rats simulates radiological and morphological features of racemose neurocysticercosis

, 2017
Purpose: Neurocysticercosis is a major public health concern. Although its eradication appears feasible, the disease remains endemic in developing countries and has emerged again in Europe and in the USA. Basic studies on neurocysticercosis are needed to
Hamamoto Filho, Pedro Tadao [UNESP], Marco Antônio Zanini, Biondi, Germano Francisco [UNESP], Fabro, Alexandre Todorovic, Vulcano, Luiz Carlos, Zanini, Marco Antônio, Bazan, Rodrigo [UNESP], Vulcano, Luiz Carlos [UNESP], Alexandre Todorovic Fabro, Biondi, Germano Francisco, Luiz Carlos Vulcano, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Bazan, Rodrigo, Zanini, Marco Antônio [UNESP], Rodrigues, Marianna Vaz, Marianna Vaz Rodrigues, Germano Francisco Biondi, Rodrigo Bazan, Hamamoto Filho, Pedro Tadao, Fabro, Alexandre Todorovic [UNESP], Rodrigues, Marianna Vaz [UNESP]   +20 more
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