Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature

Simultaneous occurrence of Neurocysticercosis (NC) along with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a very rare presentation. We herein describe a case report of treated case of NC 2 years back who presented with secondary GBM. The brief report highlights that there may be some associated factors which m...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Narendra, Bhattacharya, Tapesh, Kumar, Ritesh, Radotra, Bishan Das, Mukherjee, Kanchan Kumar, Kapoor, Rakesh, Ghoshal, Sushmita
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23546358
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.105620
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author Kumar, Narendra
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description Simultaneous occurrence of Neurocysticercosis (NC) along with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a very rare presentation. We herein describe a case report of treated case of NC 2 years back who presented with secondary GBM. The brief report highlights that there may be some associated factors which may lead to development of secondary GBM in preexisting helminthic infection.
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spelling pubmed-35790542013-02-28 Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature Kumar, Narendra Bhattacharya, Tapesh Kumar, Ritesh Radotra, Bishan Das Mukherjee, Kanchan Kumar Kapoor, Rakesh Ghoshal, Sushmita J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Simultaneous occurrence of Neurocysticercosis (NC) along with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a very rare presentation. We herein describe a case report of treated case of NC 2 years back who presented with secondary GBM. The brief report highlights that there may be some associated factors which may lead to development of secondary GBM in preexisting helminthic infection. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3579054/ /pubmed/23546358 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.105620 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 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.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kumar, Narendra
Bhattacharya, Tapesh
Kumar, Ritesh
Radotra, Bishan Das
Mukherjee, Kanchan Kumar
Kapoor, Rakesh
Ghoshal, Sushmita
Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature
title Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature
title_full Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature
title_fullStr Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature
title_short Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: A case report with review of literature
title_sort is neurocysticercosis a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme or a mere coincidence: a case report with review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23546358
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.105620
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