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Abstract

J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2014; 5(Suppl 1): S66-8.
doi  10.4103/0976-3147.145209
PMID 4271389

Isolated intramedullary spinal cord cysticercosis

Abstract


Neurocysticercosis is a major cause of epilepsy in developing countries. Cysticercal involvement of the spinal cord is rare even in endemic areas and accounts for 0.7 to 5.85% of all cases. We present a 19-year-old man who presented with weakness of both lower limbs and urinary complaints in the form of straining of micturition with increased frequency, in whom preoperative MRI revealed a well-defined cystic lesion in dorso-lumber cord extending from D11 to L1 level, which on pathological examination was found to be intramedullary cysticercosis.

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