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Reversible dementia due to Neurocysticercosis: improvement of the racemose type with antihistamines

Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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, Leandro Tavares Lucato, Fábio Henrique de Gobbi Porto, Evandro Cesar de Souza, Ricardo Nitrini   +4 more
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The role of 3D volumetric MR sequences in diagnosing intraventricular neurocysticercosis: preliminar results [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2011
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the role of two three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MRI) sequences: enhanced spoiled gradient recalled echo (SPGR), and fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) in the evaluation ...
Francisco Edward Frota Mont'Alverne Filho, Luís dos Ramos Machado, Leandro Tavares Lucato, Claudia Costa Leite   +3 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
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Surgical Treatment of Racemose Cysticercosis in the Quadrigeminal Cistern: A Case Series

Brazilian Neurosurgery
Introduction Racemose neurocysticercosis is rare and distinctive among the variety of neurocysticercosis pathologies, and it is characterized by the development of cysts in the basal subarachnoid region. This uncommon presentation involves the
Guilherme Nobre Nogueira, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo, Gustavo Rassier Isolan   +3 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis [PDF]

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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Neurocysticercosos in South-Central America and the Indian Subcontinent: a comparative evaluation [PDF]

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
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Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020 [PDF]

Medisur, 2022
Background: Many patients with neurocysticercosis manifest cognitive damage, with important effects on their quality of life.Objective: to determine the correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis ...
Jorge Luis Anaya González, Francisco López-Muñoz, Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla, Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo   +3 more
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A case of racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis in an unusual location

South African Journal of Radiology, 2021
Racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis are uncommon types of neurocysticercosis, resulting in a multiloculated, grape-like cluster appearance in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces. A male patient presented with symptoms of raised intracranial
Priya Singh, Surya P. Singh
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Establishment of a consensus protocol to explore the brain pathobiome in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 19, Issue 11, Page 5209-5231, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Microbial infections of the brain can lead to dementia, and for many decades microbial infections have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. However, a causal role for infection in AD remains contentious, and the lack of standardized detection methodologies has led to inconsistent detection/identification of microbes in AD ...
Richard Lathe, Nikki M. Schultek, Brian J. Balin, Garth D. Ehrlich, Lavinia Alberi Auber, George Perry, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, David B. Corry, Richard L. Doty, Robert A. Rissman, Peter L. Nara, Ruth Itzhaki, William A. Eimer, Rudolph E. Tanzi, the Intracell Research Group Consortium Collaborators, David L. Hahn, Benedict C. Albensi, James St John, Jenny Ekberg, Mark L. Nelson, Gerald McLaughlin, Christine Hammond, Judith Whittum‐Hudson, Alan P. Hudson, Guillaume Sacco, Alexandra Konig, Bruno Pietro Imbimbo, Nicklas Linz, Nicole Danielle Bell, Shima T. Moein, Jürgen G. Haas   +30 more
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Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy: Imaging and clinical characteristics

Epileptic Disorders, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 94-103, February 2023., 2023
Abstract The ILAE Neuroimaging Task Force aimed to publish educational case reports highlighting basic aspects related to neuroimaging in epilepsy consistent with the educational mission of the ILAE. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is highly endemic in resource‐limited countries and increasingly more often seen in non‐endemic regions due to migration.
Ildefonso Rodríguez‐Leyva, Karla Cantú‐Flores, Arturo Domínguez‐Frausto, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano, John Archer, Boris Bernhardt, Lorenzo Caciagli, Fernando Cendes, Yotin Chinvarun, Paolo Federico, William D. Gaillard, Eliane Kobayashi, Godwin Ogbole, Stefan Rampp, Irene Wang, Shuang Wang, Luis Concha   +16 more
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