Spinal neurocysticercosis diagnosed by lumbar puncture
Neurocysticercosis is a frequent disease, its main location is in the brain parenchyma; however, less than 5% of cases are of spinal location where they produce pseudotumoral or obstructive clinical manifestations. We present the case of a patient admitted due to chronic headache with signs of endro...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/15638 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/15638 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Neurocysticercosis Spinal Puncture Intracranial Hypertension Neurocisticercosis Punción Lumbar Hipertensión Intracraneal |
| Sumario: | Neurocysticercosis is a frequent disease, its main location is in the brain parenchyma; however, less than 5% of cases are of spinal location where they produce pseudotumoral or obstructive clinical manifestations. We present the case of a patient admitted due to chronic headache with signs of endrocranial hypertension, without clinical symptoms, and in whom a cysticercotic membrane and cerebrospinal fluid with high glucose consumption (3mg/dL) was obtained during the lumbar puncture study. The finding of a cysticercus of intradural-extramedullary location, during a lumbar puncture is a very rare finding, only described in patients with evident clinical signs. We recommend suspecting it when there is no clinical evidence of spinal cord involvement but there is a suggestion of cerebral cysticercosis and altered cerebrospinal fluid, expanding the study with neuroimaging. |
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