• Title/Summary/Keyword: Neurocysticercois

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Sacral Intradural Cysticercosis Misdiagnosed as Brain Tumor Metastasis

  • Kim, Seok-Won;Lee, Seung-Myung
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.67-69
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    • 2005
  • Spinal intradural cysticercosis is a rare manifestation of neurocysticercosis that may present as an isolated lesion. We report a case of sacral intradural cysticercosis misdiagnosed as a metastasis through cerebrospinal fluid seeding in a 48-year-old patient who underwent ependymoma surgery 3 months ago. We performed S1-2 laminectomy with the total removal of intradural lesion. The cysticercosis was confirmed histologically. The patient was given albendazole with corticosteroid.