title: Concommitant appearance of glioblastoma multiforme and neurocysticercosis in a nonendemic country: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. sokpapa@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Sokratis G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Papageorgiou
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kolovou
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonakis
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kontaxis
authors.forename: Antzela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moulopoulou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalfakis
mesh_terms: 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*