title: Calcified neurocysticercus, perilesional edema, and histologic inflammation.
abstract: Abstract. Here, we present the second report of the histopathology of a Taenia solium calcification giving rise to perilesional edema. This has important implications, because if perilesional edema lesions are inflammatory in character, immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory medications, not just antiepileptic drugs alone, may be useful to prevent or treat recurring episodes in such patients.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland; Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia; Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
authors.forename: Theodore E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.forename: Luther A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bartelt
authors.forename: Poonum S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Korpe
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Houpt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents