https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/470156
標題: | Neurocysticercosis presenting with epilepsia partialis continua: A clinicopathologic report and literature review | 作者: | SHIN-JOE YEH RUEY-MEEI WU |
公開日期: | 2008 | 出版社: | Scientific Communications International Ltd | 卷: | 107 | 期: | 7 | 起(迄)頁: | 576-581 | 來源出版物: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association | 摘要: | Neurocysticercosis, a disease caused by a tapeworm larva in the central nervous system, is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy in undeveloped regions of the world. In Taiwan, after improvements in sanitation, tapeworm infection became very rare except in mountain areas inhibited by aborigines. However, in recent years, immigration from other Asian countries has increased rapidly, and parasite infection of the central nervous system may again become an important cause of adult-onset epilepsy in clinical practice. Here, we describe a 27-year-old female Thai immigrant who presented with adult-onset epilepsia partialis continua of the right upper extremity. Electroencephalography showed epileptiform discharge in the left central region, while brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a small enhanced lesion in the left premotor cortex. She underwent operation and pathology of the mass revealed a degenerated cysticercus. In this article, we provide detailed neuroimaging findings, pathologic report, and literature review of this parasitic infection of the central nervous system. This case calls for physicians to be aware of cysticercosis as an etiology of adult-onset epilepsy in immigrants from endemic countries. ?2008 Elsevier & Formosan Medical Association. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-50149096694&doi=10.1016%2fS0929-6646%2808%2960172-2&partnerID=40&md5=d4e6daef5834673267bd8810ce24c503 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/470156 |
ISSN: | 0929-6646 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60172-2 | SDG/關鍵字: | praziquantel; valproic acid; adult; article; awareness; brain region; brain surgery; case report; cestode; clinical feature; Cysticercus; drug dose increase; electroencephalography; epileptic discharge; epileptic state; female; histopathology; human; immigrant; medical literature; neurocysticercosis; neuroimaging; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; pathogenesis; premotor cortex; Taiwan; Thailand |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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