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Occasional resolution of multiple parenchymal brain calcifications in patients with neurocysticercosis

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dc.contributor.author Meneses Quiroz, Luis Jean Pierre
dc.contributor.author Gonzales, Isidro
dc.contributor.author Pretell, Edwin Javier
dc.contributor.author Saavedra Pastor, Herbert
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-06T14:59:07Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-06T14:59:07Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5541
dc.description.abstract Neurocysticercosis is the infection of the CNS by cysts (larvae) of Taenia solium, a worldwide tropical disease. Cysticercosis lesions frequently locate in the gray-white matter border of the cerebral hemispheres but also occur in other neuroanatomical locations, e.g., spine, ventricles, subarachnoid space, etc.1,2 Parenchymal brain cysts usually undergo a degeneration process that ends in a calcified scar. Calcified cysticercosis cysts are easily demonstrated by CT scan3 and are assumed to persist unchanged throughout the years.4,5 We describe 2 patients in whom well-demonstrated calcified lesions were no longer seen on CT, one after 8 years and the other after 9 years. Although unusual, these cases provide proof that calcified brain cysticercosis lesions may occasionally resolve. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wolters Kluwer Health
dc.relation.ispartofseries Neurology. Clinical Practice
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Epilepsy en_US
dc.subject Seizures en_US
dc.subject Parasitic infections en_US
dc.title Occasional resolution of multiple parenchymal brain calcifications in patients with neurocysticercosis en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000144
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.25
dc.relation.issn 2163-0933


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