scholarly journals A Case of Neurocysticercosis in Diyarbakir

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Pinar AYDIN OZTURK ◽  
Onder Ozturk ◽  
Unal Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Definitive Host ◽  
Parasitic Disease ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Endemic Areas

Neurocysticercosis is a major parasitic disease of the central nervous system, affecting endemic areas worldwide. It spreads through intermediary hosts, pigs and eventually men to his definitive host: humans. It causes lesions in the CNS which have different evolutive stages and can be asymptomatic or clinically evident. Imaging studies play an important role in the diagnosis of the disease and in its appropriate control.

scholarly journals Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis: a challenge in treatment and in clinical management

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (52) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Agnès Fleury ◽  
Edda Sciutto
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Patient Survival ◽  
Severe Form ◽  
Parasitic Disease ◽  
The Central Nervous System

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease that occurs when cysticerci are installed in the central nervous system. This paper describes the challenge that continues in the treatment of the most severe form of neurocysticercosis that occurs when the parasite is installed outside the parenchyma. The relevance of neuroinflammation control for patient survival and its implications on the effectiveness of the treatment are discussed.

scholarly journals A Rare Case of Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Zheng ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Xiaoli Li ◽  
Jingjing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Spinal Canal ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Parasitic Disease ◽  
Epidemiological Investigation ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The Central Nervous System

Abstract Background Cysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease to affect the central nervous system (CNS). However, cysticercosis affecting the spine is extremely rare. We reported a rare case of cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal in China. Case Presentation A rare case of cysticercosis involving the entire spinal cord, in a 52-year-old Chinese man, was detected in 2021. Epidemiological investigation, clinical and etiological examination was performed. Conclusion Since spinal cysticercosis is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease, clinicians should always consider the differential diagnosis of space-occupying lesions.

scholarly journals Cerebral Schistosomiasis

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-123
Author(s):  
Antônio Santos de Araújo Júnior ◽  
Pedro Alberto Arlani ◽  
Arnaldo Salvestrini Júnior ◽  
Mirella Martins Fazzito ◽  
Evandro Sobroza De Mello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
High Index ◽  
Neurological Deterioration ◽  
Spinal Cord Lesions ◽  
Brain Infection ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Endemic Areas ◽  
Contaminated Waters

Schistosomiasis is a cutaneously acquired infection caused by trematodes (fla¬tworms from the phylum Platyhelminthes), due to swimming in contaminated waters. The central nervous system (CNS) schistosomiasis is a rare presen¬tation of the disease. Brain infection due to S. Mansoni has been rarely reported, in anedoctal fashion. It should be early recognized , since an available treatment may prevent neurological deterioration. A high index of sus¬picion is necessary, mainly in patients coming from endemic areas, with brain or spinal cord lesions associated with eosino¬philia and inflammatory CSF. The finding schistosoma eggs in stools or in a CNS biopsy confirms the diagnosis. We re¬port on a 35-year old brazilian man harboring an isolated brain infection due to S. mansoni. 

scholarly journals Fahr’s Syndrome and Secondary Hypoparathyroidism

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitorino Modesto dos Santos ◽  
Ana Medeiros De Farias Da Mata ◽  
Kelle Regina Alves Ribeiro ◽  
Isadora Cartaxo De Sousa Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Typical Case ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Characteristic Distribution ◽  
Mood Changes ◽  
Fahr’S Syndrome ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Clonic Seizures

A typical case of Fahr’s syndrome is described in a 76-year-old Brazilian female who underwent a total thyroidectomy three decades ago. Six years before the current admission, she started with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Associated disorders involved extra-pyramidal, cognitive, nocturnal terror and mood changes. With suspicion of hypocalcemia due to secondary hypoparathyroidism, laboratory determinations confirmed the diagnoses. Furthermore, imaging studies of the central nervous system detected multiple calcifications, with characteristic distribution of Fahr’s syndrome. Clinical management was successful.

scholarly journals RECURRENT MENINGIOMA AFTER INITIAL RESECTION SURGERY – CASE REPORT

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-241
Author(s):  
Ioana Cociasu ◽  
◽  
Irene Davidescu ◽  
Ioan Buraga ◽  
Bogdan O. Popescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Brain Tumour ◽  
Cranial Nerves ◽  
Medical Advice ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Initial Resection

The most common tumours of the central nervous system, meningiomas are frequently diagnosed by accident when patients undergo imaging studies of the brain for other reasons. Most patients lack symptoms and thus can live their whole lives without knowing they have a brain tumour. Less fortunate patients seek medical advice for troubling symptoms – like seizures or disturbances of the cranial nerves – get surgery for the excision of the tumour and years later fi nd out their tumour has come back. We are presenting the case of such a patient with a recurrent parietal meningioma.

Familial Cavernous Angioma: MRI Study of three Generation in two Italian Families and Literature Review

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-422
Author(s):  
L. Manfrè ◽  
A. Mangiameli ◽  
G. Caruso ◽  
A. Banco ◽  
C. Sarno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Intracranial Haemorrhage ◽  
Cavernous Angioma ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Autopsy Series ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Mri Study

According to recent magnetic resonance imaging studies, cavernous angioma (CA) seems to involve the central nervous system in 0.5%-1% of the population 1 - in a similar percentage to a large autopsy series 2. The incidence of familial CA is unknown 3: the first paper in the literature concerning familial CA was published in 1936 5: recently however, thank to the widespread use of MR, at least 13 families have been described. We report MR findings in two Italian families with familial CA. In conclusion, familial CA should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with intracranial haemorrhage, seizures or cerebrovascular disease.

Effects of Hyperoxia on Lung Utrastructure

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Gladys Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Oxygen Effects ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Space Age ◽  
Alveolar Septa ◽  
Extensive Damage

With the advent of the space age and the need to determine the requirements for a space cabin atmosphere, oxygen effects came into increased importance, even though these effects have been the subject of continuous research for many years. In fact, Priestly initiated oxygen research when in 1775 he published his results of isolating oxygen and described the effects of breathing it on himself and two mice, the only creatures to have had the “privilege” of breathing this “pure air”.Early studies had demonstrated the central nervous system effects at pressures above one atmosphere. Light microscopy revealed extensive damage to the lungs at one atmosphere. These changes which included perivascular and peribronchial edema, focal hemorrhage, rupture of the alveolar septa, and widespread edema, resulted in death of the animal in less than one week. The severity of the symptoms differed between species and was age dependent, with young animals being more resistant.

Emigration of neutrophils in the central nervous system

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 788-789
Author(s):  
John L.Beggs ◽  
John D. Waggener ◽  
Wanda Miller ◽  
Jane Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Arterial Perfusion ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Intracisternal Injection ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Brain And Spinal Cord ◽  
Interendothelial Junctions

Studies using mesenteric and ear chamber preparations have shown that interendothelial junctions provide the route for neutrophil emigration during inflammation. The term emigration refers to the passage of white blood cells across the endothelium from the vascular lumen. Although the precise pathway of transendo- thelial emigration in the central nervous system (CNS) has not been resolved, the presence of different physiological and morphological (tight junctions) properties of CNS endothelium may dictate alternate emigration pathways.To study neutrophil emigration in the CNS, we induced meningitis in guinea pigs by intracisternal injection of E. coli bacteria.In this model, leptomeningeal inflammation is well developed by 3 hr. After 3 1/2 hr, animals were sacrificed by arterial perfusion with 3% phosphate buffered glutaraldehyde. Tissues from brain and spinal cord were post-fixed in 1% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohols and propylene oxide, and embedded in Epon. Thin serial sections were cut with diamond knives and examined in a Philips 300 electron microscope.

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