A Rare Case Of Disseminated Toxic Neurocysticercosis Causing Threat-ening Of Life

Naba Kumar Singh A; Apurv Bhatia

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v08i1.3

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A Rare Case Of Disseminated Toxic Neurocysticercosis Causing Threat-ening Of Life

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v08i1.3

Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-33

Case Report

A Rare Case Of Disseminated Toxic Neurocysticercosis Causing Threat-ening Of Life

Naba Kumar Singh A^1*, Apurv Bhatia²

1. Associate Professor,
2. Junior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, SDUAHER, Kolar, Karnataka, India.

*Corresponding Author
E-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. However, disseminated cysticercosis is rare. Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm. Hu-mans are infected after eating contaminated food containing the eggs of the tapeworm. Its clinical manifes-tations are highly variable and depend on the number, stage, and size of the lesions and the host's immune response. We report a case of a 27-year-old lady, who presented with severe headache which was diagnosed as disseminated neurocysticercosis with characteristic imaging findings.

Keywords: Disseminated neurocysticercosis, severe headache, contaminated food