Cysticercosis of the Brain: With Report of a Case

Abstract

CYSTICERCOSIS OF THIE BRAIN. [ TIE BPRiTiJR 980 DEc. r, 19281 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MDI~n evi(lden-ii of actual periloneal invasion. Several glan(ds aloing the lesse1Fr curi-vatutro areo slightly enlarged. "Hisit logi-ally tlhe tuiinosIr is a carcinormia of gi a, calcllularity. In genelal the structure is spheroidal-celled (' enceplialoid caneer '), but there is occasional aciinar formitiationi, and(I ini places there is an abundaint fibrouis stromia. The ttumour tissue lhas comiipletely penietrated tde mtiscular coat over laige areas, but nowliere is tllhere a cancer-cell-free sclerotic imiass i.ndicative of pre-existing simple uleriationi. Maniy iierve fibres are embedded

Disseminated cysticercosis

“…Many classical descriptions of disseminated cysticercosis belonged to this era. In one such description, Broughton-Alcock et al 15 , in 1928, described disseminated cysticercosis as follows “The brain is one of the situations most commonly affected.”…”

“…In the Vosgien's series, following was the incidence of organs involved: the eyes and adjoining structure 46%, nervous system 40.9%, muscles 3.7%, and other organs 3.2%. Titu Vaisalu (1921), in an analysis of 330 cases of cysticercosis of the nervous system, described “brain and meninges as affected in 279, cerebral ventricle in 41, pons and medulla in 5, and spinal cord in 5 cases.” [15] Ewing, in 1941, described disseminated neurocysticercosis as follows “Numerous small cysts were seen scattered over the cortex. They were encapsulated and semi-transparent, ovoid in shape, and varied in size from that of a pea to a little larger.…”

Neurocysticercosis and movement disorders: A literature review

“…A total of 71 articles containing 148 individuals presenting MDs related to NCC were reported [Tables 2 and 3 ]. [ 10 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 ] Between 1903 and 2020, there were 81 patients from South America, 36 from Asia, 12 from Europe, 12 from North America, and 7 from Africa. The MDs encountered were PKN, ataxia, chorea, dystonia, tremor, myokymia, myoclonus, ballism, tics, and other not clearly defined.…”

Historical perspective: The British contribution to the understanding of neurocysticercosis

“…1) (MacArthur, 1933). A very few contemporary reports described the diagnosis of cysticercosis in life by radiography and biopsy of intra-muscular cysticerci, perhaps the earliest to document diagnosis during life (Roth, 1926;Aitken, 1928;Broughton-Alcock, Stevenson & Worster-Drought, 1928). Subsequently in 1933, MacArthur presented eight cases of cysticercosis to emphasize its relationship to epilepsy (MacArthur, 1933).…”

“…This added to considerations of rank and residence could a priori lead to a high diagnostic suspicion (Dixon & Lipscomb, 1961) In the 1920s, the only means of diagnosing NCC was histopathology, either in life by biopsy of subcutaneous and muscular cysticerci in people with neurological symptoms or at post-mortem. (Armstrong, 1888;Galbraith, 1904;Lunn, 1912;Roth, 1926;Aitken, 1928;Broughton-Alcock, Stevenson & Worster-Drought, 1928). Army medics deserve credit for establishing radiology as a means of diagnosing cysticercosis and from 1930s onwards, radiographs became a standard in the diagnostic workup (MacArthur, 1933;Brailsford, 1941;Dixon & Hargreaves, 1944;Gault & Balasubrahmanyan, 1948).…”