Racemose neurocysticercosis: Neuroimaging guides the diagnosis

Biomédica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Carlos Hugo ZapataCarlos Santiago Uribe

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is the leading cause of parasitosis of the central nervous system and acquired epilepsy in developing countries. The clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis, especially its racemose variant, are pleomorphic and unspecific, characteristics that hinder the diagnosis and make it a challenge for the clinician.The objective of this report was to describe two cases of racemose neurocysticercosis in which neuroimaging led to the definitive diagnosis. The first case involved a patient with persistent headache and focal neurological signs. She required multiple paraclinical tests that led to the definitive diagnosis of racemose neurocysticercosis with secondary cerebral vasculitis. Despite medical and surgical treatment the patient died after multiple complications.The second case involved a patient with a history of neurocysticercosis, who consulted for chronic intractable vomiting. She required multiple paraclinical tests that led to the diagnosis of vomiting of central origin secondary to racemose neurocysticercosis and entrapment of the fourth ventricle. After medical and surgical treatment the patient showed slight improvement. In these two cases it was evident how proper interpretation of neuroimages is es...Continue Reading

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