Disseminated cysticercosis incidentally diagnosed in a patient of low backache: a case report and concise review of literature.
Disseminated cysticercosis is an uncommon presentation of a common disease. Asymptomatic disseminated cysticercosis is rarely reported in literature. Here, we are reporting a case of asymptomatic disseminated cysticercosis incidentally diagnosed in a patient of low backache. Magnetic resonance imaging of lumbosacral spine and neuroimaging done subsequently during the course of evaluation revealed diffuse cysticercosis involving abdominal, paraspinal, pelvic and gluteal muscles along with neurocysticercosis. Such a disseminated cysticercosis was diagnosed incidentally in this patient of low backache with right sciatica and radiculopathy at L5-S1 prolapsed intervertebral disc and was subsequently managed by L5-S1 interlaminar fenestration and discectomy.
Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Shillong -793018, India. drmnak@gmail.com
Mohammad Nasim
MN
Akhtar
Sharat
S
Agarwal
D000328:Adult; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000469:parasitology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis