A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis

Although cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system, spinal cysticercosis is rare. A rare form of spinal cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal is presented. A 45-year-old Korean male had a history of intracranial cysticercosis and showed progress...

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Autores principales: Shin, Dong Ah, Shin, Hyun Chul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19718410
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.582
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description Although cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system, spinal cysticercosis is rare. A rare form of spinal cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal is presented. A 45-year-old Korean male had a history of intracranial cysticercosis and showed progressive paraparesis. Spinal magnetic resonance scan showed multiple cysts compressing the spinal cord from C1 to L1. Three different levels (C1-2, T1-3, and T11-L1) required operation. Histopathological examination confirmed cysticercosis. The patient improved markedly after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-27306242009-08-31 A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis Shin, Dong Ah Shin, Hyun Chul Yonsei Med J Case Report Although cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system, spinal cysticercosis is rare. A rare form of spinal cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal is presented. A 45-year-old Korean male had a history of intracranial cysticercosis and showed progressive paraparesis. Spinal magnetic resonance scan showed multiple cysts compressing the spinal cord from C1 to L1. Three different levels (C1-2, T1-3, and T11-L1) required operation. Histopathological examination confirmed cysticercosis. The patient improved markedly after surgery. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2009-08-31 2009-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2730624/ /pubmed/19718410 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.582 Text en © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2009 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shin, Dong Ah
Shin, Hyun Chul
A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis
title A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis
title_full A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis
title_fullStr A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis
title_short A Case of Extensive Spinal Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal in a Patient with a History of Cerebral Cysticercosis
title_sort case of extensive spinal cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal in a patient with a history of cerebral cysticercosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19718410
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.582
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