Concommitant appearance of glioblastoma multiforme and neurocysticercosis in a nonendemic country: a case report.
Neurocysticercosis (NC) is the most frequent and widespread human neuroparasitosis. Glioblastoma multiforme, a not infrequent brain neoplasm in young adults, may have a similar clinical and radiologic presentation as NC. Coexistence of NC and brain tumors has been very rarely reported and puts into question a causal relationship between the 2 diseases. Here we report the case of a patient in which glioblastoma multiforme and cysticercosis appeared concomitantly, making their clinical distinction very difficult.
Papageorgiou
Sokratis G
SG
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. sokpapa@med.uoa.gr
Kolovou
Dimitra
D
Bonakis
Anastasios
A
Kontaxis
Theodoros
T
Moulopoulou
Antzela
A
Kalfakis
Nikolaos
N
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*