Treatment of intramedullary spinal cysticercosis: report of 2 cases and review of literature.
BACKGROUND
NCC, Taenia solium involvement in the central nervous system, is one of the most common parasitic diseases. Spinal IMC is one of the rarest forms of NCC.


METHODS
We report 2 cases (an 8-year-old child and a 35-year-old woman) of spinal IMC. Both cysts were dorsal in location. MRI was diagnostic in both cases. One case was treated surgically because of acute presentation. The other cyst healed with treatment with albendazole. Both patients had good clinical outcomes.


CONCLUSIONS
With medical management, IMC may take 1 year to resolve on MRI.
Ahmad
Faiz Uddin
FU
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Sharma
Bhawani Shankar
BS
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole