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Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report
Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system. Spinal involvement is rare in neurocysticercosis, and isolated spinal involvement without evidence of cranial involvement is even rarer. We report an unusual case of neurocysticercosis with isolated spinal invol...
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The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346771 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2014.11.3.205 |
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author | Han, Sang-Beom Kwon, Hyon-Jo Choi, Seung-Won Koh, Hyeon-Song Kim, Seon-Hwan Song, Shi-Hun Youm, Jin-Young |
author_facet | Han, Sang-Beom Kwon, Hyon-Jo Choi, Seung-Won Koh, Hyeon-Song Kim, Seon-Hwan Song, Shi-Hun Youm, Jin-Young |
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description | Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system. Spinal involvement is rare in neurocysticercosis, and isolated spinal involvement without evidence of cranial involvement is even rarer. We report an unusual case of neurocysticercosis with isolated spinal involvement. A 59 year-old male presented with radiating pain in the left leg. He complained of aggravating weakness and numbness in the left leg since his previous visit one month ago. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple peripheral wall-enhanced intradural cystic masses from L1 to L5. The patient underwent a total laminectomy of L4. Dissection revealed abnormal cystic masses compressing the nerve roots. The cyst was punctured, spilling clear mucoid fluid into the surgical field. The exposed cysticerci, white and mucoid, was easily removed. Patient received course of steroids and oral albendazole. The patient experienced symptomatic improvement without further neurologic deficits except for mild sensory impairment. Clinicians should include spinal neurocysticercosis in differential diagnosis of radiculopathies. Although isolated spinal neurocysticercosis is rare, it can be satisfactorily managed with surgery and medication. |
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spelling | pubmed-42069692014-10-24 Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report Han, Sang-Beom Kwon, Hyon-Jo Choi, Seung-Won Koh, Hyeon-Song Kim, Seon-Hwan Song, Shi-Hun Youm, Jin-Young Korean J Spine Case Report Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system. Spinal involvement is rare in neurocysticercosis, and isolated spinal involvement without evidence of cranial involvement is even rarer. We report an unusual case of neurocysticercosis with isolated spinal involvement. A 59 year-old male presented with radiating pain in the left leg. He complained of aggravating weakness and numbness in the left leg since his previous visit one month ago. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple peripheral wall-enhanced intradural cystic masses from L1 to L5. The patient underwent a total laminectomy of L4. Dissection revealed abnormal cystic masses compressing the nerve roots. The cyst was punctured, spilling clear mucoid fluid into the surgical field. The exposed cysticerci, white and mucoid, was easily removed. Patient received course of steroids and oral albendazole. The patient experienced symptomatic improvement without further neurologic deficits except for mild sensory impairment. Clinicians should include spinal neurocysticercosis in differential diagnosis of radiculopathies. Although isolated spinal neurocysticercosis is rare, it can be satisfactorily managed with surgery and medication. The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2014-09 2014-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4206969/ /pubmed/25346771 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2014.11.3.205 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Han, Sang-Beom Kwon, Hyon-Jo Choi, Seung-Won Koh, Hyeon-Song Kim, Seon-Hwan Song, Shi-Hun Youm, Jin-Young Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report |
title | Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report |
title_full | Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report |
title_short | Lumbar Intradural Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report |
title_sort | lumbar intradural neurocysticercosis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346771 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2014.11.3.205 |
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