Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy: Imaging and clinical characteristics.

Journal: Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2023

Affiliated Institutions:  School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Institute of Neurobiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Mexico. Neurology Unit, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. Department of Medicine (Austin Health), University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Lab, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre and Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Department of Neurology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Department of Radiology, University College Hospital/College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. Epilepsy Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract summary 

The ILAE Neuroimaging Task Force aimed to publish educational case reports highlighting basic aspects related to neuroimaging in epilepsy consistent with the educational mission of the ILAE. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is highly endemic in resource-limited countries and increasingly more often seen in non-endemic regions due to migration. Cysts with larva of the tapeworm Taenia solium lodge in the brain and cause several neurological conditions, of which seizures are the most common. There is great heterogeneity in the clinical presentation of neurocysticercosis because cysts vary in number, larval stage, and location among patients. We here present two illustrative cases with different clinical features to highlight the varying severity of symptoms secondary to this parasitic infestation. We also present several examples of imaging characteristics of the disease at various stages, which emphasize the central role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis.

Authors & Co-authors:  Rodríguez-Leyva Ildefonso I Cantú-Flores Karla K Domínguez-Frausto Arturo A Vaudano Anna Elisabetta AE Archer John J Bernhardt Boris B Caciagli Lorenzo L Cendes Fernando F Chinvarun Yotin Y Federico Paolo P Gaillard William D WD Kobayashi Eliane E Ogbole Godwin G Rampp Stefan S Wang Irene I Wang Shuang S Concha Luis L

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Kimura-Hayama ET, Higuera JA, Corona-Cedillo R, Chávez-Macías L, Perochena A, Quiroz-Rojas LY, et al. Neurocysticercosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 2010;30:1705-19. https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.306105522
Authors :  17
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1002/epd2.20060
SSN : 1950-6945
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Animals
Other Terms
CT;MRI;epilepsy;neurocysticercosis;neuroimaging
Study Design
Case Study,Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
United States