title: Solitary thoracic vertebral body cysticercosis presenting with progressive compressive myelopathy.
abstract: Common bony spinal pathologies that could present with progressive spasticity include vertebral body tumors or chronic infections of the spine. Cysticercosis of the spine commonly has an intramedullary occurrence. The authors discuss the presentation and management of a rare case of solitary vertebral cysticercosis that presented with lower-limb spasticity and sphincter involvement.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences,EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. sunilvf@gmail.com
authors: Sunil V
authors: SV
authors: Furtado
authors: Ravi
authors: R
authors: Dadlani
authors: Nandita
authors: N
authors: Ghosal
authors: Arun S
authors: AS
authors: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery