Lateral sinus thrombosis in neurocysticercosis.
Cysticercosis is a frequent parasitic infection in developing countries including Nepal and is related to poverty, ignorance and pig-rearing practices at home in the community. A variety of structural involvements such as brain parenchyma, cerebellum, ventricular system, brain stem, meninges, subarachnoid space, spinal cord and orbit have been reported, but cysticercus involving the lateral sinus causing thrombosis is extremely rare.
Prasad
Rajniti
R
Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. rajnitip@yahoo.co.in
Singh
Rupa
R
Joshi
Bharatdeo
B
D000293:Adolescent; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole