A large silent cysticercus occupying most of the medulla oblongata

Esteban, D.; Saavedra Pastor, Herbert; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Salas, C.; Meneses, J. P.

dc.contributor.author	Meneses, J. P.
dc.contributor.author	Salas, C.
dc.contributor.author	Saavedra Pastor, Herbert
dc.contributor.author	Esteban, D.
dc.contributor.author	García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:51:22Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:51:22Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5229
dc.description.abstract	Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the infectionof the central nervous system by cysts(larvae) of Taenia solium, a relevant pub-lic health issue in low-income countriesand nowadays found in most of theworld. NCC cysts most commonly locatein the gray-white matter border of thecerebral hemispheres, although they canbe found in ventricles, subarachnoidspaces, cerebellum or spine. The locationof the cysts deﬁnes the clinical presenta-tion, i.e. seizures in the case of parenchy-mal brain cysticercosis, intracranialhypertension in subarachnoid or ventricu-lar cysticercosis. A cyst in an unusuallocation, such as the brainstem, may pres-ent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a patient with a cysticerco-sis cyst in the medulla oblongata, withgross displacement of its anatomicalstructures but minimal clinical expression.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartofseries	European Journal of Neurology
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	cysticercosis	en_US
dc.subject	neurocysticercosis	en_US
dc.subject	parasitic infections	en_US
dc.subject	seizures	en_US
dc.subject	Taenia solium	en_US
dc.title	A large silent cysticercus occupying most of the medulla oblongata	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.12765
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.25
dc.relation.issn	1468-1331