Aneurysm and Neurocysticercosis: Casual or Causal Relationship? Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

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Aneurysm and Neurocysticercosis: Casual or Causal Relationship? Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Svetlana Agapejev,

João Luiz Parra-Marinello,

Rodrigo Bazán,

Anete Kinumi Ueda,

Marco Antônio Zanini

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2011/782496

Subject(s) - neurocysticercosis , medicine , aneurysm , asymptomatic , subarachnoid haemorrhage , albendazole , surgery , pediatrics

Four cases of suggestive inflammatory aneurysms in patients with neurocysticercosis have been described. We report a case of a 49-year-old woman who presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage from a right middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm and had a casual relationship with neurocysticercosis. At surgery, a viable cysticercus without signs of inflammation or thickened leptomeninges was found in the distal position of the aneurysm. Postoperatively, the patient received albendazole and dextrochlorpheniramine. In the subsequent three years, the patient was asymptomatic and took drugs to prevent convulsion and arterial hypertension. The relationship between NCC and the presence of cerebral aneurysm is discussed.

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