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8446458

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
Cysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease to affect the central nervous system (CNS). According to the World Health Organisation (1988), more than 2.5 million people worldwide are infected. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is caused by the encysted larval form (porcine tapeworm) of Taenia solium (Cysticerus cellulosae). The ways in which the eggs of T Solium penetrate the CNS are illustrated in Table I. Involvement of the spinal cord in NCC varies between 1% and 5%. The isolated medullary form is very rare, only 50 cases having been reported up to 1988. The appearance of a spinal cord compression syndrome (SCCS) is unusual and late, according to reported series, the largest being that of Sotelo with 753 cases of NCC, including 10 causing SCCS, corresponding to 1.4%; also the classic Dixon and Lipscomb series of 450 NCC with only one patient with SCCS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0031-1758
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
128-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Spinal cysticercosis. Case report and review.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut Guttmann Centre de Paraplegics, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports