Isolated intramedullary spinal cord cysticercosis

Agale, Shubhangi Vinayak; Bhavsar, Shweta Prakash; Choudhury, Barnik; Manohar, Vidhya

doi:10.4103/1793-5482.98655

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“…The differential diagnosis of intraspinal cystic lesions includes dorsal arachnoid diverticula and meningoceles and the differential diagnosis of intradural cystic lesions includes arachnoid cysts, syringomyelia and neurocysticercosis. Intradural-extramedullar or intramedullar cysticerci may mimic CE and have been described even in the absence of concomitant parenchymal brain lesions [47]–[49]. Besides the rare cases of spinal cysticercosis some other, even rarer, cestode infections may involve spinal structures: cases of spinal alveolar echinococcosis ( E. multilocularis ) [50]–[57] and spinal sparganosis ( Spirometra species ) [58], [59] have been published.…”

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Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis – A Systematic Analysis and Review of the Literature: Part 1. Epidemiology and Anatomy

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Bone involvement in human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is rare, but affects the spine in approximately 50% of cases. Despite significant advances in diagnostic imaging techniques as well as surgical and medical treatment of spinal CE, our basic understanding of the parasite's predilection for the spine remains incomplete. To fill this gap, we systematically reviewed the published literature of the last five decades to summarize and analyze the currently existing data on epidemiological and anatomical aspects of spinal CE.

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Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis – A Systematic Analysis and Review of the Literature: Part 1. Epidemiology and Anatomy

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“…Subarachnoid space is reported to be the most common location, seen in 80% of the spinal cysticercosis cases followed by intramedullary location in remaining 20%. [1315] Extradural location of spinal NCC is very rare. [13] The sign and symptoms produced by spinal NCC depends on various factors such as size, location, spinal level, and presence or absence of arachnoiditis/inflammation due to cyst degeneration.…”

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Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine

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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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“…[35] These patients usually present with radiculopathy, paresthesia, paresis, bowel and bladder incontinence, and sensory loss. Our case presented with neck stiffness only with intact neurology.…”

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Solitary intramedullary cervical cysticercosis without neurological deficit: A rare case report

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Neurocysticercosis is commonly seen intracranially and its incidence in the spinal cord is very low. Among spine dorsal region is more common due to more blood flow in this region and it is usually associated with lesion at other sites. The intramedullary location is rarer than extramedullary. Hence, solitary intramedullary cervical spine cysticercosis (ICC) is extremely rare entity. Only a handful numbers of cases are reported in the literature. All reported cases are presented with the neurological deficit as spinal canal diameter is very low and any space occupying lesion is not tolerated. We are presenting a 6-year-old girl having solitary ICC with intact neurology, diagnosed by an appreciation of scolex on magnetic resonance imaging and were treated successfully with albendazole. Follow-up was performed by the estimation of Ag-ELISA which was negative after 2 months of completion of treatment and patient was asymptomatic at 2 years of follow-up.

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Isolated intramedullary spinal cord cysticercosis

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis – A Systematic Analysis and Review of the Literature: Part 1. Epidemiology and Anatomy

Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis – A Systematic Analysis and Review of the Literature: Part 1. Epidemiology and Anatomy

Intradural extramedullary cysticercal abscess of spine

Solitary intramedullary cervical cysticercosis without neurological deficit: A rare case report

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