Calcification of intracranial vessels in neurocysticercosis.
We report calcification of intracranial vessels in neurocysticercosis. Calcification was observed in the middle cerebral arteries in two patients, and the circle of Willis in two others. The patients with middle cerebral artery calcification underwent CT with inhaled stable xenon and an area of mild hypoperfusion was observed in the ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere.
Fernández-Bouzas
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ENEP Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF. fabouzas@servidor.unam.mx
Ballesteros-Maresma
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Casián
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Hernández-Martínez
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Martínez-López
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D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014978:Xenon
D003287:Contrast Media; D014978:Xenon