Intramedullary cysticercosis of the spinal cord: A review of patients evaluated with MRI

Brutto, Oscar H. Del; Garcı́a, Héctor H.

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2013.05.025

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“…A systematic review 136 showed albendazole is an option for therapy of intramedullary spinal cord cysts; however, these data might be affected by publication bias. Further experience with medical treatment is needed before a clear recommendation can be made for surgical or medical approaches to treat this form of the disease.…”

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Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis

Garcı́a

Nash

Brutto

2014

The Lancet Neurology

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The infection of the nervous system by the cystic larvae of Taenia solium (neurocysticercosis) is a frequent cause of seizure disorders. Neurocysticercosis is endemic or presumed to be endemic in many low-income countries. The lifecycle of the worm and the clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis are well established, and CT and MRI have substantially improved knowledge of the disease course. Improvements in immunodiagnosis have further advanced comprehension of the pathophysiology of this disease. This knowledge has led to individualised treatment approaches that account for the involvement of parenchymal or extraparenchymal spaces, the number and form of parasites, and the extent of degeneration and associated inflammation. Clinical investigations are focused on development of effective treatments and reduction of side-effects induced by treatment, such as seizures, hydrocephalus, infarcts, and neuroinjury.

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Section: Treatmentmentioning

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Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis

Garcı́a

Nash

Brutto

2014

The Lancet Neurology

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“…Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, and spinal involvement varies from 1.2% to 5.8% (1,2). Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis is very rare compared to intracerebral cysticercosis (1)(2)(3).…”

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“…Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis is very rare compared to intracerebral cysticercosis (1)(2)(3). These are sometimes difficult to differentiate from more common primary and metastatic neoplastic lesions or granulomatous lesions, such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis.…”

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Spinal Intramedullary Cysticercosis: A Rare Diagnostic Dilemma

Bhardwaj

2015

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…Mycoplasma pneumonia may also cause myelitis, although this may represent a parainfectious mechanism without direct infection of the cord [4,34]. Granulomatous disease (primarily tuberculosis and rarely sarcoidosis [39]) and parasitic infections (such as Schistosoma mansoni [40] and neurocysticercosis [41]) can affect the spinal cord as well. We illustrate a child with urosepsis and bacterial myelitis (Fig.…”

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Longitudinally extensive myelopathy in children

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When children present with acute myelopathy manifested by sensory, motor, or bowel and bladder symptoms, MRI of the neuraxis with contrast agent is the most important imaging study to obtain. Although occasionally normal, MRI often demonstrates signal abnormality within the spinal cord. Classically, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (≥3 vertebral bodies in length) has been described with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), but alternative diagnoses should be considered. This pictorial essay reviews the differential diagnoses that may present with longitudinally extensive spinal cord signal abnormalities. Multiple inflammatory, infectious, vascular, metabolic and neurodegenerative etiologies can present with a myelopathy. Thus, radiologists can assist in the diagnosis by familiarizing themselves with the spectrum of diseases in childhood that result in longitudinally extensive signal abnormalities in the absence of trauma.

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Intramedullary cysticercosis of the spinal cord: A review of patients evaluated with MRI

Cited by 42 publications

References 42 publications

Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis

Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis

Spinal Intramedullary Cysticercosis: A Rare Diagnostic Dilemma

Longitudinally extensive myelopathy in children

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