neurocysticercosis
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Introduction
neurologic manifestations of cysticercosis (infestation by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium). See cysticercosis.
Laboratory
Radiology
- CT of head may show multiple calcified &/or non calcified cystic lesions
- brain MRI may show multiple enhancing cystic lesions (enhancing with gadolinium)
- indicated even if CT of head shows calcified lesions in brain parenchyma[8]
- repeat brain MRI every 6 months until resolution of cysts[8]
* images[7]
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References
- ↑ DeGiorgio CM et al Neurocysticercosis Epilepsy Curr. 2004 May; 4(3): 107-111 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16059465 <Internet> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1176337/
- ↑ Nash TE et al Treatment of neurocysticercosis: current status and future research needs. Neurology. 2006 Oct 10;67(7):1120-7. Review PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17030744
- ↑ DeGiorgio CM et al Neurocysticercosis in the United States: review of an important emerging infection. Neurology. 2005 Apr 26;64(8):1486; PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15851761
- ↑ Baird RA et al Evidence-based guideline: Treatment of parenchymal neurocysticercosis. Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology April 9, 2013 vol. 80 no. 15 1424-1429 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23568997 <Internet> http://www.neurology.org/content/80/15/1424.full
- ↑ White AC, Coyle CM, Rajshekhar V, et al. Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Apr;98(4):945-966. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29644966 PMCID: PMC5928844 Free PMC Article <Internet> http://www.ajtmh..org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.18-88751#html_fulltext
- ↑ Grimm L What's Eating You: 12 Common Intestinal Parasites. Medscape. November 25, 2019 https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/intestinal-parasites-6010996
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lu VM, Saad AG, Shah AH Images in Neurology Histologic Anatomy of Neurocysticercosis. JAMA Neurol. Published online October 23, 2023. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37870830 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2810536
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 NEJM Knowledge+
White AC Jr, Coyle CM, Rajshekhar V et al Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Apr 3;66(8):1159-1163. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29617787 PMCID: PMC5889044 Free PMC article.