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Título:
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Occasional resolution of multiple parenchymal brain calcifications in patients with neurocysticercosis
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Autores:
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Meneses Quiroz, Luis Jean Pierre ;
Gonzales, Isidro ;
Pretell, Edwin Javier ;
Saavedra, Herbert ;
Garcia, Hector H.
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American Academy of Neurology, 2019-02-06T14:59:07Z
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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Resumen:
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Neurocysticercosis is the infection of the CNS by cysts (larvae) of Taenia solium, a worldwide tropical disease. Cysticercosis lesions frequently locate in the gray-white matter border of the cerebral hemispheres but also occur in other neuroanatomical locations, e.g., spine, ventricles, subarachnoid space, etc.1,2 Parenchymal brain cysts usually undergo a degeneration process that ends in a calcified scar. Calcified cysticercosis cysts are easily demonstrated by CT scan3 and are assumed to persist unchanged throughout the years.4,5 We describe 2 patients in whom well-demonstrated calcified lesions were no longer seen on CT, one after 8 years and the other after 9 years. Although unusual, these cases provide proof that calcified brain cysticercosis lesions may occasionally resolve.
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En línea:
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http://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000144
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