The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.

Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection of the nervous system by the cystic larvae of Taenia solium, is a highly pleomorphic disease because of differences in the number and anatomical location of lesions, the viability of parasites, and the severity of the host immune response. Most patients with p...

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Auteurs principaux:	Oscar H Del Brutto, Hector H Garcia
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Langue:	EN
Publié:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Sujets:	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:56f231c29f834b67babd1b98ca633ebf2021-12-02T20:23:57ZThe many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.1935-27271935-273510.1371/journal.pntd.0009883https://doaj.org/article/56f231c29f834b67babd1b98ca633ebf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009883https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection of the nervous system by the cystic larvae of Taenia solium, is a highly pleomorphic disease because of differences in the number and anatomical location of lesions, the viability of parasites, and the severity of the host immune response. Most patients with parenchymal brain NCC present with few lesions and a relatively benign clinical course, but massive forms of parenchymal NCC can carry a poor prognosis if not well recognized and inappropriately managed. We present the main presentations of massive parenchymal NCC and their differential characteristics.Oscar H Del BruttoHector H GarciaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleArctic medicine. Tropical medicineRC955-962Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0009883 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Oscar H Del Brutto Hector H Garcia The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
description	Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection of the nervous system by the cystic larvae of Taenia solium, is a highly pleomorphic disease because of differences in the number and anatomical location of lesions, the viability of parasites, and the severity of the host immune response. Most patients with parenchymal brain NCC present with few lesions and a relatively benign clinical course, but massive forms of parenchymal NCC can carry a poor prognosis if not well recognized and inappropriately managed. We present the main presentations of massive parenchymal NCC and their differential characteristics.
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title	The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
title_short	The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
title_full	The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
title_fullStr	The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
title_full_unstemmed	The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
title_sort	many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: a differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.
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The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications.

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