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Neurocysticercosis and pure motor hemiparesis.

Author(s) -

Fernando Barinagarrementería,

Óscar H. Del Brutto

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.19.9.1156

Subject(s) - hemiparesis , medicine , neurocysticercosis , cysticercosis , arachnoiditis , taenia solium , magnetic resonance imaging , cyst , infarction , radiology , pathology , cardiology , angiography , myocardial infarction

A 49-year-old man with meningeal cysticercosis presented with a pure motor hemiparesis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a capsular infarction and a suprasellar cyst with surrounding arachnoiditis. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis confirmed the diagnosis as it showed positive immunologic reactions to cysticerci. This is the first reported case of pure motor hemiparesis due to a parasitic disease of the central nervous system.

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