A case of neurocysticercosis-differential diagnostic aspects.
Neurocysticercosis is no medical rarity but in non-endemic countries especially, a high degree of physician awareness is necessary for diagnosis. The case of a German female patient who had focal seizures for the first time at the age of 23 caused by a cerebral cyst of cysticercus cellulosae is presented. Only surgical removal and subsequent histological examination allowed diagnosis while diagnostic investigation yielded no pathological findings.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed