Japanese B encephalitis with neurocysticercosis.
A case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) with multiple calcified lesions suggestive of calcified neurocysticercosis on CT scan of the head is reported. The presence of nonenhancing calcified lesions and rising antibody titres for JE differentiated it from acute encephalitis neurocysticercosis. Post mortem studies indicate that neurocysticercosis predisposes to fatal JE infection. The present report is of an association of the two diseases which did not result in a fatal outcome.
Das
S K
SK
Department of Medicine, KG Medical College, Lucknow.
Nityanand
S
S
Sood
K
K
Agarwal
A
A
Kapoor
R
R
Pant
M C
MC
Singh
B N
BN
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male