title: Isolated intramedullary spinal cord cysticercosis.
abstract: Neurocysticercosis is a major cause of epilepsy in developing countries. Cysticercal involvement of the spinal cord is rare even in endemic areas and accounts for 0.7 to 5.85% of all cases. We present a 19-year-old man who presented with weakness of both lower limbs and urinary complaints in the form of straining of micturition with increased frequency, in whom preoperative MRI revealed a well-defined cystic lesion in dorso-lumber cord extending from D11 to L1 level, which on pathological examination was found to be intramedullary cysticercosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Zeeshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qazi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Bal Krishna
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Ojha
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sunil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Chhitij
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Tushar B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Patil
keywords: Cysticercosis; Taenia solium; cystic lesion; intramedullary; neurocysticercosis