Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole

Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by larvae of Taenia solium. Spinal cysticercosis is an uncommon site of cysticercal infection, and isolated intramedullary involvement is even rarer. We present a case of 10-year-old girl who presented wit...

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Autores principales: Azfar, Shah F., Kirmani, Sanna, Badar, Farheen, Ahmad, Ibne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84409
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author Azfar, Shah F.
Kirmani, Sanna
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description Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by larvae of Taenia solium. Spinal cysticercosis is an uncommon site of cysticercal infection, and isolated intramedullary involvement is even rarer. We present a case of 10-year-old girl who presented with gradual onset paraparesis with sensory loss and bowel and bladder incontinence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine revealed a cystic lesion with mural nodule (scolex) which was diagnostic for cysticercosis. Patient was treated with antihelminthic, which led to marked clinico-radiological improvement.
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spelling pubmed-31739172011-10-04 Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole Azfar, Shah F. Kirmani, Sanna Badar, Farheen Ahmad, Ibne J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by larvae of Taenia solium. Spinal cysticercosis is an uncommon site of cysticercal infection, and isolated intramedullary involvement is even rarer. We present a case of 10-year-old girl who presented with gradual onset paraparesis with sensory loss and bowel and bladder incontinence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine revealed a cystic lesion with mural nodule (scolex) which was diagnostic for cysticercosis. Patient was treated with antihelminthic, which led to marked clinico-radiological improvement. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3173917/ /pubmed/21977090 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84409 Text en © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
title Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
title_full Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
title_fullStr Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
title_full_unstemmed Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
title_short Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
title_sort isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84409
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