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Unusual form of neurocysticercosis associated with HIV infection
Author(s) -
Delobel P.,
Signate A.,
El Guedj M.,
Couppie P.,
Gueye M.,
Smadja D.,
Pradinaud R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1046/j.1351-5101.2003.00696.x
Subject(s) - neurocysticercosis , taenia solium , cysticercosis , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cauda equina , immunology , parasitic infection , virology , pathology , spinal cord , psychiatry
Concurrent infection with Taenia solium and HIV would be expected to occur more frequently because of the increasing frequency of HIV infection in endemic areas of cysticercosis. However, little is known about the influence of HIV infection on the frequency and the clinical course of cysticercosis. Giant cysts and racemose forms of neurocysticercosis seem to be more frequent in HIV‐infected patients and may be secondary to an uncontrolled parasitic growth because of an impaired cell‐mediated immune response. We report an unusual case of epidural spinal racemose neurocysticercosis revealed by compression of cauda equina in an HIV‐infected man and discuss the potential interactions between T. solium and HIV infections.