MR Imaging of Intramedullary Spinal Cysticercosis:A Report of Two Cases

Thoracic Intramedullary Cysticercosis. Two Case Reports.

“…MR imaging is the most sensitive and ideal investigation for diagnosis of intramedullary cysticercosis. 7,15,17,21,29) The typical findings are cystic areas within the spinal cord substance with intensity of cyst fluid similar to that of CSF on both T 1 -and T 2 -weighted images. A subtle hypointense rim may surround the intramedullary cyst on the T 2 -weighted images.…”

“…Intramedullary involvement is uncommon, 3,22) with only 45 reported cases since 1881. [1][2][3]5,7,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]23,25,28) We report two cases of spinal intramedullary cysticercosis, and analyze the indications for surgical treatment.…”

Disseminated Spinal Cysticercosis: a Rare Intramedullary Ring Enhancing Lesion

“…MRI can identify characteristic features of intramedullary cysticercosis [6] and this is of great diagnostic importance. It is the preferred image method for visualization of intramedullary lesions and also correlates with cysticercal pathological stages (vesicular, colloidal vesicular, granular nodular and calcific nodule) [1].…”

Intramedullary Spinal Cysticercosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

“…Neurocysticercosis, caused by infection known as Taenia solium, is a common disease but only 1-5% of the cases are purely intraspinal9). Although, it is a most common parasite infection in CNS, this disease entity is very rare in Republic of Korea, it is more endemic in countries like Latin America, Mexico and other southeast Asian countries2,3,6).…”

“…However, the prevalence of the disease is very rare; about 4% of the general population in endemic areas9). Spinal cysticercosis represents about 1.2% to 5.8% of all cases of neurocysticercosis5,6).…”