Intramedullary Spinal Neurocysticercosis Presenting as Brown-Sequard Syndrome

Cysticercosis is an emerging disease in the United States. Neurocysticercosis may rarely cause disease within the spinal cord, but the occurrence of such pathology can produce debilitating symptoms for patients. We present the second report in the literature of intramedullary spinal neurocysticercos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rice, Brian, Perera, Phillips
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316264
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.10.6909
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Sumario:Cysticercosis is an emerging disease in the United States. Neurocysticercosis may rarely cause disease within the spinal cord, but the occurrence of such pathology can produce debilitating symptoms for patients. We present the second report in the literature of intramedullary spinal neurocysticercosis presenting with a Brown-Sequard syndrome.

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