Bruns' syndrome and racemose neurocysticercosis: a case report

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Roberta Diehl Rodriquez, Denise Neme da Silva Crestani, José Otávio Dworzecki Soares, Paulo Roberto Franceshini, Ronnie Petersen Alves, Ricardo Zimerman, Nelson Ferreira, Liselotte Menke Barea
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
• Subjects: Neurocisticercose racemosa; Meningite cisticercótica; Síndrome de Bruns; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Bruns
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000200027; https://doaj.org/article/4a8c4a5bf88f49f5aff56f3bec62252a

Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite may infect the central nervous system, causing neurocysticercosis (NCC). The clinical manifestations depend on load, type, size, location, stage of development of the cysticerci, and the host's immune response against the parasite. The racemose variety occurs in the ventricles or basal cisterns and is a malignant form. Mobile ventricular mass can produce episodic hydrocephalus on changing head posture with attacks of headache, vomiting, and vertigo, triggered by abrupt movement of the head, a phenomenon called Bruns' syndrome (BS). We report a patient with racemose NCC and BS.