Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage

Neurocysticercosis is endemic in the developing world, but is becoming more common in the US due to immigration. A 24-year-old man presented with acute hydrocephalus and headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Head CT revealed a 3rd ventricular cyst and immunological studies were suggestive of neurocystice...

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Autores principales: Chowdhary, Abhineet, Abel, Taylor J., Gabikian, Patrik, Britz, Gavin W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20508830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/245259
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author Chowdhary, Abhineet
Abel, Taylor J.
Gabikian, Patrik
Britz, Gavin W.
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description Neurocysticercosis is endemic in the developing world, but is becoming more common in the US due to immigration. A 24-year-old man presented with acute hydrocephalus and headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Head CT revealed a 3rd ventricular cyst and immunological studies were suggestive of neurocysticercosis. EVD placement resulted in migration of the cyst interiorly and superiorly with return of normal CSF flow by MRI and resolution of symptoms. Review of this condition is important given increasing incidence in the United States.
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spelling pubmed-28762522010-05-27 Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage Chowdhary, Abhineet Abel, Taylor J. Gabikian, Patrik Britz, Gavin W. Case Rep Med Case Report Neurocysticercosis is endemic in the developing world, but is becoming more common in the US due to immigration. A 24-year-old man presented with acute hydrocephalus and headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Head CT revealed a 3rd ventricular cyst and immunological studies were suggestive of neurocysticercosis. EVD placement resulted in migration of the cyst interiorly and superiorly with return of normal CSF flow by MRI and resolution of symptoms. Review of this condition is important given increasing incidence in the United States. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC2876252/ /pubmed/20508830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/245259 Text en Copyright © 2010 Abhineet Chowdhary et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chowdhary, Abhineet
Abel, Taylor J.
Gabikian, Patrik
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Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage
title Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage
title_full Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage
title_fullStr Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage
title_full_unstemmed Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage
title_short Resolution of Acute Hydrocephalus and Migration of Neurocysticercosis Cyst with External Ventricular Drainage
title_sort resolution of acute hydrocephalus and migration of neurocysticercosis cyst with external ventricular drainage
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876252/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/245259
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