Isolated primary intradural extramedullar spinal neurocysticercosis: A case report and review of literature

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Singh, Pankaj K ^b   Gupta, Bharti ^c   Singh, Vinay ^d   Azam, Amir ^e  

^a UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Delhi Government Dispensary   (India)

^d BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extramedullary; Intradural; Isolated; Neurocysticercosis; Primary; Spine

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BACKACHE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DURA MATER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL INTRADURAL EXTRAMEDULLARY CYSTICERCOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TAENIA SOLIUM; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 70349657025     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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