title: Spastic foot-drop as an isolated manifestation of neurocysticercosis.
abstract: Foot-drop is a rare but important manifestation of intracranial pathologies ranging from space-occupying lesions to cerebrovascular accidents. Being most commonly associated with peripheral nerve lesions or radicular compressions, it remains an underappreciated feature of central-structural abnormalities. We describe an interesting case of a 14-year-old boy who had presented with acute onset right-sided foot-drop due to a left-sided parasagittal neurocysticercus lesion, without seizures and discuss the location of the lesion in the precentral area in reference to Penfield's motor homunculus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Ravindra Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Hardeep Singh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lalla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000209:etiology; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology