Case 15-2012: A 48-year-old woman with diplopia, headaches, and papilledema

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1924-

  Venna, Nagagopal ^a   Coyle, Christina M ^b,c   González, R Gilberto ^a   Hedley Whyte, E Tessa ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IVERMECTIN; LABETALOL; LISINOPRIL; NAFCILLIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMIGRANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENINGITIS; NECK PAIN; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BRAIN; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PAPILLEDEMA;

EID: 84861052967     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1111573     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Vaughan CJ, Delanty N. Hypertensive emergencies. Lancet 2000;356:411-7. (Pubitemid 30487503)
2. Apuzzo ML, Dobkin WR, Zee CS, Chan JC, Giannotta SL, Weiss MH. Surgical considerations in treatment of intraventricular cysticercosis: an analysis of 45 cases. J Neurosurg 1984;60:400-7. (Pubitemid 14177716)
3. Graeff-Teixeira C, da Silva AC, Yoshimura K. Update on eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and its clinical relevance. Clin Microbiol Rev 2009;22:322-48.
4. Rubalcava MA, Sotelo J. Differences between ventricular and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid in hydrocephalus secondary to cysticercosis. Neurosurgery 1995;37:668-72.
5. Carpio A. Neurocysticercosis: an update. Lancet Infect Dis 2002;2:751-62. (Pubitemid 35434561)
6. Figueroa JJ, Davis LE, Magalhaes A. Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis in Albuquerque, New Mexico. J Neuroimaging 2011;21:38-43.
7. Madrazo I, Garcia-Renteria JA, Sandoval M, López Vega FJ. Intraventricular cysticercosis. Neurosurgery 1983;12:148-52. (Pubitemid 13145183)
8. Torres-Corzo J, Rodriguez-della Vecchia R, Rangel-Castilla L. Bruns syndrome caused by intraventricular neurocysticercosis treated using flexible endoscopy. J Neurosurg 2006;104:746-8.
9. Garcia HH, Del Brutto OH, Nash TE, White AC Jr, Tsang VC, Gilman RH. New concepts in the diagnosis and management of neurocysticercosis (Taenia solium). Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005;72:3-9. (Pubitemid 41270299)
10. Kelley R, Duong DH, Locke GE. Characteristics of ventricular shunt malfunctions among patients with neurocysticercosis. Neurosurgery 2002;50:757-62. (Pubitemid 36322800)
11. Rangel-Castilla L, Serpa JA, Gopinath SP, Graviss EA, Diaz-Marchan P, White AC Jr. Contemporary neurosurgical approaches to neurocysticercosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009;80:373-8.
12. Anandh B, Mohanty A, Sampath S, Praharaj SS, Kolluri S. Endoscopic approach to intraventricular cysticercal lesions. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2001;44:194-6. (Pubitemid 34131834)
13. Proaño JV, Madrazo I, Garcia L, Garcia-Torres E, Correa D. Albendazole and praziquantel treatment in neurocysticercosis of the fourth ventricle. J Neurosurg 1997;87:29-33. (Pubitemid 27271023)
14. Rajshekhar V. Surgical management of neurocysticercosis. Int J Surg 2010;8:100-4.
15. Goel RK, Ahmad FU, Vellimana AK, et al. Endoscopic management of intraventricular neurocysticercosis. J Clin Neurosci 2008;15:1096-101.
16. Psarros TG, Krumerman J, Coimbra C. Endoscopic management of supratentorial ventricular neurocysticercosis: case series and review of the literature. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2003;46:331-4. (Pubitemid 38282097)
17. Bergsneider M, Holly LT, Lee JH, King WA, Frazee JG. Endoscopic management of cysticercal cysts within the lateral and third ventricles. J Neurosurg 2000;92:14-23. (Pubitemid 30022082)
18. Idem. Endoscopic management of cysticercal cysts within the lateral and third ventricles. Neurosurg Focus 1999;6(4):e7.]
19. Cárdenas G, Jung H, Rios C, Fleury A, Soto-Hernández JL. Severe cysticercal meningitis: clinical and imaging characteristics. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010;82:121-5.
20. Colli BO, Valença MM, Carlotti CG Jr, Machado HR, Assirati JA Jr. Spinal cord cysticercosis: neurosurgical aspects. Neurosurg Focus 2002;12(6):e9.
21. Bickerstaff ER, Cloake PC, Hughes B, Smith WT. The racemose form of cerebral cysticercosis. Brain 1952;75:1-18.
22. Alsina GA, Johnson JP, McBride DQ, Rhoten PR, Mehringer CM, Stokes JK. Spinal neurocysticercosis. Neurosurg Focus 2002;12(6):e8.
23. Jang JW, Lee JK, Lee JH, Seo BR, Kim SH. Recurrent primary spinal subarachnoid neurocysticercosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010;35:E172-E175.
24. Bandres JC, White AC Jr, Samo T, Murphy EC, Harris RL. Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis: report of five cases and review of management. Clin Infect Dis 1992;15:799-811.
25. Barinagarrementeria F, Cantú C. Frequency of cerebral arteritis in subarachnoid cysticercosis: an angiographic study. Stroke 1998;29:123-5. (Pubitemid 28046952)
26. Del Brutto OH. Cysticercosis and cerebrovascular disease: a review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992;55:252-4.
27. Proaño JV, Madrazo I, Avelar F, López-Felix B, Díaz G, Grijalva I. Medical treatment for neurocysticercosis characterized by giant subarachnoid cysts. N Engl J Med 2001;345:879-85.
28. Mitre E, Talaat KR, Sperling MR, Nash TE. Methotrexate as a corticosteroidsparing agent in complicated neurocysticercosis. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:549-53. (Pubitemid 46233257)
29. Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE, Gilman RH, et al. Circulating parasite antigen in patients with hydrocephalus secondary to neurocysticercosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2002;66:427-30. (Pubitemid 34810499)
30. Rodriguez S, Dorny P, Tsang VC, et al. Detection of Taenia solium antigens and anti-T. solium antibodies in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with intraparenchymal or extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis. J Infect Dis 2009;199:1345-52.
31. Garcia HH, Parkhouse RM, Gilman RH, et al. Serum antigen detection in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of neurocysticercosis patients. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2000;94:673-6.
32. Nguekam, Zoli AP, Ongolo-Zogo P, Dorny P, Brandt J, Geerts S. Follow-up of neurocysticercosis patients after treatment using an antigen detection ELISA. Parasite 2003;10:65-8.