Giant intraparenchymal neurocysticercosis: Report of surgical aspects two cases

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 800-802

  Umredkar, Alok ^a   Singla, Navneet ^a   Mohindra, Sandeep ^a   Bal, Aman ^a   Gupta, Sunil Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GIANT PARENCHYMAL CYSTICERCOSIS; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77249152725     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.59483     Document Type: Article

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