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Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the most common parasitic diseases affecting the central nervous system. Typically spinal NCC involvement has a concomitant cranial involvement. Spinal involvement by NCC, either intramedullary or extramedullary is very uncommon. The authors report a case of D12-L1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23767023 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.105181 |
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author | Kapu, Ravindranath Singh, Manish Kumar Pande, Anil Vasudevan, Matabushi Chakravarthy Ramamurthi, Ravi |
author_facet | Kapu, Ravindranath Singh, Manish Kumar Pande, Anil Vasudevan, Matabushi Chakravarthy Ramamurthi, Ravi |
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description | Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the most common parasitic diseases affecting the central nervous system. Typically spinal NCC involvement has a concomitant cranial involvement. Spinal involvement by NCC, either intramedullary or extramedullary is very uncommon. The authors report a case of D12-L1 intradural extramedullary lesion in a 38-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of back pain and weakness of lower limbs. She underwent laminectomy and excision of the lesion. Histopathology revealed extramedullary cysticercal abscess. Post-operatively she was treated with albendazole. She had a successful recovery post-operatively and at 8 months follow up had no neurological deficits. This current case presents a very rare case of cysticercal abscess of dorsolumbar spine, without any evidence of cranial involvement. This report is to reemphasize the importance of including NCC as a differential diagnosis in intradural extramedullary lesion at the conus level in endemic areas like India. |
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spelling | pubmed-36808762013-06-13 Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine Kapu, Ravindranath Singh, Manish Kumar Pande, Anil Vasudevan, Matabushi Chakravarthy Ramamurthi, Ravi Trop Parasitol Case Report Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the most common parasitic diseases affecting the central nervous system. Typically spinal NCC involvement has a concomitant cranial involvement. Spinal involvement by NCC, either intramedullary or extramedullary is very uncommon. The authors report a case of D12-L1 intradural extramedullary lesion in a 38-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of back pain and weakness of lower limbs. She underwent laminectomy and excision of the lesion. Histopathology revealed extramedullary cysticercal abscess. Post-operatively she was treated with albendazole. She had a successful recovery post-operatively and at 8 months follow up had no neurological deficits. This current case presents a very rare case of cysticercal abscess of dorsolumbar spine, without any evidence of cranial involvement. This report is to reemphasize the importance of including NCC as a differential diagnosis in intradural extramedullary lesion at the conus level in endemic areas like India. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3680876/ /pubmed/23767023 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.105181 Text en Copyright: © Tropical Parasitology 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 Kapu, Ravindranath Singh, Manish Kumar Pande, Anil Vasudevan, Matabushi Chakravarthy Ramamurthi, Ravi Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
title | Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
title_full | Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
title_fullStr | Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
title_full_unstemmed | Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
title_short | Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
title_sort | intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23767023 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.105181 |
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