Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis

Sharma, Bhawani S.; Banerjee, A K; Vk, Kak

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(87)90185-5

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“…reported improvement only in 60% of cases. [15] Both our cases had surgical removal of the cysts facilitating decompression and resolution of the cord edema, preventing any further damage, showing reasonably good recovery with minimal morbidity. Recent literature shows that according to American Society for Microbiology Current Consensus Guidelines for treatment of neurocysticercosis, treatment of intramedullary/extramedullary spinal cysticercosis should be surgical.…”

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Spinal cysticercosis: A report of two cases with review of literature

Pant¹,

Chaturvedi²,

Singh³

et al. 2016

J Craniovert Jun Spine

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Spinal cysticercosis: A report of two cases with review of literature

Pant¹,

Chaturvedi²,

Singh³

et al. 2016

J Craniovert Jun Spine

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“…9,10 As haematogenous dissemination is proportional to the blood¯ow to the spinal cord, the thoracic cord which receives the greatest blood supply, is most often aected. 11 Fifty percent of cases in the autopsy series published by Souza Queiroz et al 5 were noted to have sites of involvement other than the spine. Of these 30% had intracerebral involvement and 25% had muscular involvement.…”

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Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis: response to albendazole: case reports and review of literature

Garg

1998

Spinal Cord

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“…Sharma et al revisaram 20 pacientes submetidos à cirurgia, sendo que três faleceram, cinco não apresentaram melhora, 12 (60%) deambulavam com ou sem auxílio 10 .…”

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Cisticercose intramedular: relato de caso

Dantas

Fagundes-Pereyra²,

Souza³

et al. 1999

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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RESUMO -A cisticercose é a doença parasitária que mais comumente envolve o sistema nervoso central. O acometimento espinhal varia de 0,7% a 5,8%, sendo que a forma intramedular é uma manifestação rara. Relatamos um caso de cisticercose intramedular ao nível de C4-C5, em paciente de 52 anos, feminina, atendida no serviço de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia da Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte. Foi submetida a tratamento cirúrgico para exérese da lesão, com boa evolução pós-operatória e recuperação progressiva dos déficits. Concluimos que apesar de patologia rara (foram encontrados 45 casos após revisão da literatura), deve entrar no diagnóstico diferencial de lesões medulares, especialmente em pacientes com história de neurocisticercose e naqueles que vivem ou procedem de regiões onde é a doença é endêmica.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: cisticercose, medula espinhal. Intramedular cysticercosis: case reportABSTRACT -Cysticercosis is the most ordinary parasitary disease involving the nervous system. The involvement of the spine is rare, ranging from 0.7% to 5.8%, and the intramedullary incidence is rather uncommon. We report the case of a 52-year-old female patient with intramedullary cysticercosis at the C4-C5 level, treated at the Neurology and Neurosurgery Service of Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte. The patient was operated with the complete exeresis of the lesion and had a good outcome. Forty-five cases of intramedullary cysticercosis were found in the literature review. We conclude that although it is a rare pathology, intramedullary cysticercosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of intramedullary lesions, mainly in cases of patients with previous diagnosis for neurocysticercosis and also of those who live in endemic areas. KEY WORDS: spinal cord, cysticercosis.A cisticercose (CI) é a doença parasitária que mais envolve o sistema nervoso central (SNC). O acometimento espinhal ocorre em 0,7% a 5,8% dos pacientes, sendo que a forma intramedular é uma rara manifestação [1][2][3][4][5] . Apesar de frequentemente estar associada à lesões cerebrais pode apresentarse isoladamente 1 . Pode ser classificada em: vertebral, extradural, leptomeníngea (subaracnóidea) e intramedular 2 , sendo a extradural de ocorrência excepcional, e as formas leptomeníngeas seis a oito vezes mais comuns que as intramedulares 3 .Tendo em vista a raridade dessa patologia, decidimos pelo relato do presente caso, analisando aspectos patogênicos, clínicos, radiológicos e terapêuticos da doença, através de revisão da literatura.

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Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis

Cited by 53 publications

References 14 publications

Spinal cysticercosis: A report of two cases with review of literature

Spinal cysticercosis: A report of two cases with review of literature

Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis: response to albendazole: case reports and review of literature

Cisticercose intramedular: relato de caso

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