We report a 4 year old girl with ring enhancing lesions in brain CT, initially diagnosed as neurocysticercosis but did not respond to cysticidal therapy. A Magnetic resonance spectropscopy (MRS) revealed lipid peaks suggestive of tuberculoma which was successfully treated with antituberculosis therapy. This report highlights the role of MRS in the diagnosis of ring enhancing lesios.

Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis has an aggressive course because cysts in the cerebrospinal fluid compartments induce acute inflammatory reactions. The relationships between symptoms, imaging findings, lesion type and location remain poorly understood. In this retrospective clinical records-based study, we describe the clinical symptoms, magnetic resonance imaging features, and cyst distrib...

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...

Reprint requests to: Dr. Yung-Cheng Wang Department of radiology, Cathay General Hospital. No. 280, Sec. 4, Ren Ai Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. Neurocysticercosis (NC) in the central nervous system (CNS) caused by Taenia solium (TS) larvae is the most common worldwide parasitic infection. TS is an important medical issue in Taiwan aborigines. However, NC is reported sporadically and its pre...

Gelastic epilepsy or laughing seizures have been historically related to children with hypothalamic hamartomas. We report three adult patients who had gelastic epilepsy, defined as the presence of seizures with a prominent laugh component, including brain imaging, surface/invasive electroencephalography, positron emission tomography, and medical/surgical outcomes. None of the patients had hamar...

Neurocysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease of the human central nervous system. The incidence of intra ventricular form of neurocysticercosis (NCC) is less common accounting 10-20% that of total central nerve system cysticercosis. Intra ventricular NCC is complicated due, to its high incidence of acute hydrocephalus caused by ball valve mechanism. The only reliable tool for diagnosis...

Eighty-three confirmed cases of neurocysticercosis diagnosed as per modified delBrutto criteria were enrolled in the study (Group-I) to observe cognitive and behavioural changes. Controls consisted of two groups: children with idiopathic generalized tonic-clonic seizure (Group-II) and normal children with non-specific cough (Group-III). Cases and controls were subjected to cognitive and behavio...

The selective use of praziquantel for the treatment of brain cysticercosis in human beings is described, based upon the results of clinical tests conducted during a 2 year period. Forty patients with clinical diagnosis of cysticercosis, confirmed and documented by CT, were treated. They are divided into four groups, representative of the various forms of the disease. The results assessed by cli...