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Cysticerci-related single parenchymal brain enhancing lesions in non-endemic countries

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dc.contributor.author Del Brutto, O.H.
dc.contributor.author Nash, T.E.
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:26:47Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:26:47Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10877
dc.description.abstract Objective: Review of case reports and case series of patients with single cysticercus granulomas in non-endemic countries to determine the characteristics of this form of neurocysticercosis in these regions. Methods: MEDLINE and manual search of patients with single cysticercus granulomas diagnosed in non-endemic countries from 1991 to . ed data included: demographic profile, clinical manifestations, form of neurocysticercosis, and whether the disease occurred in immigrants, international travelers, or citizens from non-endemic countries who had never been abroad. Results: A total of 77 patients were found. Of these, 61 (79%) were diagnosed since the year 2000. Thirty-four patients (44%) patients were immigrants from endemic countries, 18 (23%) were international travelers returning from disease-endemic areas, and the remaining 25 (33%) were citizens from non-endemic countries who had never been abroad. Most immigrants and international travelers became symptomatic two or more years after returning home. Countries with the most reported patients were Kuwait (n = 18), UK (n = 11), Australia (n = 8), USA (n = 7), Japan (n = 6), and Israel (n = 5). Conclusions: A single cerebral cysticercus granuloma in a non-endemic country is not a rare event. As seen in endemic regions, these cases have a good prognosis although more surgical procedures are performed in non-endemic countries, likely reflecting a decrease of diagnostic suspicion for cysticercosis and an increased availability of surgical options. The mean age of the reported cases was 25 years, and immigrants most often developed the disease greater than two years after arrival into a non-endemic area, suggesting a significant delay between infection and symptoms. However, some may have been infected and developed the disease while residing in non-endemic countries. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of the Neurological Sciences
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Adolescent en_US
dc.subject Adult en_US
dc.subject Aged en_US
dc.subject Child, Preschool en_US
dc.subject Female en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Middle Aged en_US
dc.subject article en_US
dc.subject priority journal en_US
dc.subject endemic disease en_US
dc.subject United States en_US
dc.subject Endemic Diseases en_US
dc.subject Cysticercosis en_US
dc.subject Israel en_US
dc.subject neurocysticercosis en_US
dc.subject Neurocysticercosis en_US
dc.subject immigrant en_US
dc.subject Japan en_US
dc.subject Australia en_US
dc.subject Travel en_US
dc.subject Brain Diseases en_US
dc.subject cysticercus granuloma en_US
dc.subject Emigrants and Immigrants en_US
dc.subject Kuwait en_US
dc.subject Single cysticercus granuloma en_US
dc.subject United Kingdom en_US
dc.title Cysticerci-related single parenchymal brain enhancing lesions in non-endemic countries en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2012.05.027
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.25
dc.relation.issn 0022-510X


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