Extraparenchymal (Racemose) Neurocysticercosis and Its Multitude Manifestations: A Comprehensive Review
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Extraparenchymal (Racemose) Neurocysticercosis and Its Multitude Manifestations: A Comprehensive Review
Neurocysticercosis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. In the brain it occurs in two forms: parenchymal and extraparenchymal or racemose cysts. The clinical presentation of racemose cysts is pleomorphic, and is quite different from parenchymal cysticercosis. The clinical diagnosis of racemose cysts is quite challenging, wit...
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Corresponding author: Agnaldo José Lopes MD, PhD Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences State University of Rio de Janeiro Rua Araguaia, 1266 Bloco 1/405 Freguesia, Jacarepaguá 22745-271, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Phone: +55 21 21 2576 2030 E-mail: agnaldolopes.uerj@ gmail.com 1 Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 Department of R...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1738-6586,2005-5013
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2015.11.3.203