Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy

Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common helminthic infestation of the central nervous system (CNS) and a leading cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. The common manifestations of NCC are seizures and headache. The NCC as a cause of pseudobulbar palsy is very unusual and not reported yet in the...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Arinaganahalli Subbanna Praveen, Subrahmanyam, Dharanitragada Krishna Suri
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3985368/
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spelling pubmed-39853682014-04-16 Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy Kumar, Arinaganahalli Subbanna Praveen Subrahmanyam, Dharanitragada Krishna Suri Case Report Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common helminthic infestation of the central nervous system (CNS) and a leading cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. The common manifestations of NCC are seizures and headache. The NCC as a cause of pseudobulbar palsy is very unusual and not reported yet in the literature. A pseudobulbar palsy can occur in any disorder that causes bilateral corticobulbar disease. The common etiologies of pseudobulbar palsy are vascular, demyelinative, or motor neuron disease. We report a 38-year-old female patient who presented with partial seizures and pseudobulbar palsy. The MRI brain showed multiple small cysts with scolex in both the cerebral hemispheres and a giant intraparenchymal cyst. Our patient responded well to standard treatment of neurocysticercosis and antiepileptics. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3985368/ /pubmed/24741260 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.127883 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Kumar, Arinaganahalli Subbanna Praveen
Subrahmanyam, Dharanitragada Krishna Suri
spellingShingle Kumar, Arinaganahalli Subbanna Praveen
Subrahmanyam, Dharanitragada Krishna Suri
Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
author_facet Kumar, Arinaganahalli Subbanna Praveen
Subrahmanyam, Dharanitragada Krishna Suri
author_sort Kumar, Arinaganahalli Subbanna Praveen
title Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
title_short Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
title_full Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
title_fullStr Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
title_full_unstemmed Neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
title_sort neurocysticercosis presenting as pseudobulbar palsy
description Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common helminthic infestation of the central nervous system (CNS) and a leading cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. The common manifestations of NCC are seizures and headache. The NCC as a cause of pseudobulbar palsy is very unusual and not reported yet in the literature. A pseudobulbar palsy can occur in any disorder that causes bilateral corticobulbar disease. The common etiologies of pseudobulbar palsy are vascular, demyelinative, or motor neuron disease. We report a 38-year-old female patient who presented with partial seizures and pseudobulbar palsy. The MRI brain showed multiple small cysts with scolex in both the cerebral hemispheres and a giant intraparenchymal cyst. Our patient responded well to standard treatment of neurocysticercosis and antiepileptics.
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