Clinical Symptoms, Imaging Features and Cyst Distribution in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Compartments in Patients with Extraparenchymal Neurocysticercosis.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Rodrigo Bazan, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Gustavo José Luvizutto, Hélio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes, Newton Satoru Odashima, Antônio Carlos Dos Santos, Jorge Elias Júnior, Marco Antônio Zanini, Agnès Fleury, Osvaldo Massaiti Takayanagui
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Fossa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005115; https://doaj.org/article/30d8ccd2891f413097dcc0f8d7e23c44

Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis has an aggressive course because cysts in the cerebrospinal fluid compartments induce acute inflammatory reactions. The relationships between symptoms, imaging findings, lesion type and location remain poorly understood. In this retrospective clinical records-base...