Neurocysticercosis, involvement of the central nervous system by taenia solium, is one of the most common parasitic diseases of the CNS. However, spinal involvement by neurocysticercosis is uncommon. Here, we reported a 40-year-old woman with intramedullary cysticercosis in the thoracic spinal cord. MRI revealed two well-defined round intramedullary lesions at T4 and T5 vertebral levels, which were homogeneously hypointense on T1WI and hyperintense on T2WI with peripheral edema. Since the patient had progressive neurological deficits, surgery was performed to decompress the spinal cord. Histopathology examination of the removed lesion proved it was intramedullary cysticercosis. In this report, we also discussed the principles of diagnosis and treatment of intramedullary cysticercosis in combination of literature review
Keywords : Adult,Central Nervous System,China,diagnosis,Edema,Female,Humans,Laminectomy,Magnetic Resonance Imaging,methods,Nervous System,Neurocysticercosis,Neurosurgery,Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Diseases,surgery,Thoracic Vertebrae,Treatment Outcome,Universities,, Intramedullary,Cysticercosis, deep tissue massage for back pain
Date of Publication : 2011
Authors : Qi B;Ge P;Yang H;Bi C;Li Y;
Organisation : Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
Journal of Publication : Int J Med Sci
Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21814474
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