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Neurocysticercosis: Clinical Case

https://doi.org/10.17081/innosa.90
Marco Antonio Rojas Gutiérrez
Hospital Regional de la Orinoquía, Yopal, Colombia
Stefanía Buitrago Cárdenas
Universidad Rafael Núñez, Cartagena Colombia
Ana Maria Ramos Páez
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Villavicencio, Colombia
Ledmar J. Vargas Rodríguez
Universidad de Boyacá, Tunja, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-5720

Corresponding Author(s) : Ledmar J. Vargas Rodríguez

lejovaro@gmail.com

Ciencia e Innovación en Salud, 2020

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic infection of the nervous system caused by Taenia Solium. Case report: A 42-year-old patient with headache. The tomography and the resonance can be used with nerocisticercosis, additionally in the ELISA test in CSF it was positive for T. Solium. Discussion: It is a low prevalence entity. It can be classified as parenchymal, subarachnoid, ventricular, spinal and / or mixed. The diagnosis has been oriented from the presence of risk factors, the clinical picture and the imaging findings. The treatment is necessary with albendazole.

Keywords

Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis, Taenua solium, brain, central nervous system
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Rojas Gutiérrez MA, Buitrago Cárdenas S, Ramos Páez AM, Vargas Rodríguez LJ. Neurocysticercosis: Clinical Case. Ciencia e Innovación en Salud [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 24 [cited 2024 Nov. 25];. Available from: https://revistas.unisimon.edu.co/index.php/innovacionsalud/article/view/3937
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