Neurocysticercosis, unusual manifestations
Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection in the central nervous system. This disease is presented when a person ingests Taenia solium eggs excreted in feces from another individual infected with taeniasis. In 50% of the cases, neurocysticercosis takes place in the brain parenchyma,...
- Autores:
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López-Valencia, David
Medina-Ortega, Ángela Patricia
Saavedra-Torres, Janh Sebastián
Zúñiga-Cerón, Luisa Fernanda
Zamora-Bastidas, Tomás Omar
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/65193
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/65193
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/66216/
- Palabra clave:
- 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Neurocisticercosis
Taenia solium
Síndrome
Bulbo raquídeo
Neurocysticercosis
Taenia solium
Bruns
Syndrome
Medulla Oblongata
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection in the central nervous system. This disease is presented when a person ingests Taenia solium eggs excreted in feces from another individual infected with taeniasis. In 50% of the cases, neurocysticercosis takes place in the brain parenchyma, and its appearance is less frequent in the posterior fossa and the spinal cord.The case of a patient with an atypical location of the parasite at the medulla oblongata, between parenchymal and spinal areas, is presented. The initial symptoms were common but its subsequent manifestations were similar to those of Bruns syndrome. Furthermore, the epidemiological profile of neurocysticercosis in Colombia, its control measures and prevention strategies were reviewed in this study. |
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