Blepharospasm associated with neurocysticercosis.
We report a case of a 48-year-old woman who had a 4 years history of bilateral blepharospasm. CT-scan showed multiple intracranial calcifications (two of them in the left thalamus) corresponding to neurocysticerosis, and a lacunar infarction in right internal capsule area. To our knowledge this case is the first one reported in the literature of blepharospasm associated with (and perhaps symptomatic of?) neurocysticercosis.
Jiménez-Jiménez
F J
FJ
Unidad de Neurologia, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Spain.
Molina-Arjona
J A
JA
Roldán-Montaud
A
A
Agullá
A
A
Santos
J
J
Fernández-Ballesteros
A
A
D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000209:etiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged