Human neurocysticercosis: rightward hemisphere asymmetry in the cerebral distribution of a single cysticercus.
The distribution of single cysticerci between cerebral hemispheres was studied in 227 adult cases of calcified and vesicular neurocysticercosis (NC). A rightward lateralization of calcified cysticerci was significant only in women, whereas vesicular cysticerci were equally distributed in both hemispheres. Factors related with the differences in the inflammatory response and in the regional cerebral blood flow between genders could be involved.
Romero
R
R
Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Del. Tlalpan, CP 14269, DF, México.
Saenz
B
B
Rosetti
F
F
Perez-Tamayo
R
R
Fragoso
G
G
Huerta
M
M
Arcega-Revilla
R
R
Larralde
C
C
Sciutto
E
E
Fleury
A
A
D000818:Animals; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed