Neurocysticercosis in a European Traveler Returning From India Primarily Suspected as Neoplasia | Zendy

Helmut J.F. Salzer | Zendy; Martin Hoenigl | Zendy; Thomas Valentin | Zendy; Ines ZollnerSchwetz | Zendy; Robert Krause | Zendy

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Neurocysticercosis in a European Traveler Returning From India Primarily Suspected as Neoplasia

Author(s) -

Helmut J.F. Salzer,

Martin Hoenigl,

Thomas Valentin,

Ines ZollnerSchwetz,

Robert Krause

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12054

Subject(s) - medicine , neurocysticercosis , praziquantel , taenia solium , albendazole , histopathology , asymptomatic , cysticercosis , breast cancer , surgery , pathology , cancer , immunology , schistosomiasis , helminths

A woman with a history of cured breast cancer and multiple trips to India presented with a cervical nodule. Primarily suspected as metastasis of breast cancer, histopathology, however, showed the scolex of Taenia solium. Although the patient was neurologically asymptomatic neuroimaging showed multiple cysts. During treatment with praziquantel, albendazole, and dexamethason the patient developed seizures.

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