Open AccessIntraventricular and subarachnoid racemose cysticercosis
Author(s) -
Prabhat Mittal,
Gaurav Mittal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.86950
Subject(s) - cysticercosis , neurocysticercosis , parenchyma , cysticercus , magnetic resonance imaging , subarachnoid haemorrhage , medicine , ventricular system , subarachnoid space , pathology , radiology , cerebrospinal fluid , aneurysm
Cysticercosis is endemic in India. Neurocysticercosis most commonly affects the brain parenchyma, which presents as focal lesions with the surrounding edema which later calcify. Rarely, it may affect the ventricular system and subarachnoid spaces and this form is known as racemose cysticercosis. We present magnetic resonance findings in a case of racemose cysticercosis.