title: Bruns' syndrome and racemose neurocysticercosis: a case report.
abstract: Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite may infect the central nervous system, causing neurocysticercosis (NCC). The clinical manifestations depend on load, type, size, location, stage of development of the cysticerci, and the host's immune response against the parasite. The racemose variety occurs in the ventricles or basal cisterns and is a malignant form. Mobile ventricular mass can produce episodic hydrocephalus on changing head posture with attacks of headache, vomiting, and vertigo, triggered by abrupt movement of the head, a phenomenon called Bruns' syndrome (BS). We report a patient with racemose NCC and BS.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS. beta_diehl@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diehl Rodriquez
authors.forename: Denise Neme da Silva
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Crestani
authors.forename: José Otávio
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Dworzecki Soares
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Franceshini
authors.forename: Ronnie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petersen Alves
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimerman
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Liselotte
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Menke Barea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000469:parasitology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000469:parasitology*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000469:parasitology*