Cerebral Coenurosis of a Long-Tailed Goral, Naemorhedus caudatus, in Korea

We intended to describe a case of cerebral coenurosis in a long-tailed goral, Naemorhedus caudatus, from Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do (Province), in the Korea. The goral, a 10-year-old male, was suffering from neurological symptoms, such as turning the circle to one side without lifting the head straight, and died at 30 days after admission to the wildlife medical rescue center in Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do. A fluid-filled cyst was detected in the left cerebral hemisphere by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The cyst removed from the deceased goral was transparent, about 3×3 cm in size, contained a clear fluid and approximately 320 protoscolices invaginating from the internal germinal layer. The protoscolex had 4 suckers and a rostellum with 28 hooklets arranged in 2 rows. By the present study, a case of cerebral coenurosis was first confirmed in a long-tailed goral, N. caudatus, from Gangwon-do, in Korea. The residents frequently exposed in the sylvatic environment should be careful the accidental infections of zoonotic metacestode of Taenia multiceps, Coenurus cerebralis, in Korea.

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Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral coenurosis

Surgical Neurology ◽

10.1016/0090-3019(87)90153-4 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 548-552 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

A. Pau ◽

S. Turtas ◽

M. Brambilla ◽

A. Leoni ◽

M. Rosa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Computed Tomography ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Cerebral Coenurosis

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Cruveilhier’s Unrecognized Case (c1831) of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome

European Neurology ◽

10.1159/000515808 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Douglas J. Lanska

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Computed Tomography ◽

Cerebral Hemisphere ◽

Case Reports ◽

Cerebellar Atrophy ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Anatomie Pathologique ◽

Cerebral Hemiatrophy ◽

Frontal Sinuses ◽

Pathological Case

In his serially published atlas of pathology, <i>Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain</i> (1829–1842), French anatomist and pathologist Jean Cruveilhier (1791–1874) provided an early clinical-pathologic description of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome. Cruveilhier’s case was initially published around 1830, more than a century before the clinical and radiologic report of Dyke and colleagues in 1933 based on a series of patients studied with pneumoencephalography. Although Dyke and colleagues were apparently unaware of Cruveilhier’s prior description, Cruveilhier’s case manifested all of the key osseous and neuropathological features of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome as later elaborated by Dyke and colleagues: (1) cerebral hemiatrophy with <i>ex vacuo</i> dilation of the lateral ventricle, (2) ipsilateral thickening of the diploe of the skull, and (3) ipsilateral hyper-pneumatization of the frontal sinuses. In addition, Cruveilhier noted crossed cerebral-cerebellar atrophy in his case and correctly inferred a “crossed effect” between the involved cerebral hemisphere and the contralateral cerebellum. Cruveilhier’s pathological case from 1830 clearly anticipated both the cases reported more than a century later by Dyke and colleagues based on pneumoencephalography and the more recent case reports recognized with computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.

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Neurenteric cyst with xanthomatous changes in the prepontine area: unusual radiological findings

Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics ◽

10.3171/ped.2008.2.11.351 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 351-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Byung-Soo Ko ◽

Shin Jung ◽

Tae-Young Jung ◽

Kyung-Sub Moon ◽

In-Young Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Computed Tomography ◽

Preoperative Diagnosis ◽

Cystic Lesion ◽

Cystic Mass ◽

Neurenteric Cyst ◽

Imaging Findings ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Radiological Findings ◽

Clear Fluid

Preoperative diagnosis of neurenteric cysts can be difficult because the imaging findings of a neurenteric cyst may be similar to those of an arachnoid cyst. The authors report a case of a neurenteric cyst with xanthomatous changes in the prepontine area. This 4-year-old girl was admitted to their institution with intermittent neck pain and vomiting. Computed tomography showed a hypodense mass in the prepontine area. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a cystic lesion measuring ~ 4 × 3 cm. The brainstem was displaced posteriorly, and the cisterns in both cerebellopontine angles were widened. The signal intensity of the cyst was similar to that of cerebrospinal fluid. Adjacent to the basilar artery there was a solid component of the mass that enhanced after administration of Gd. Intraoperatively, the authors found a cystic mass containing clear fluid with a yellowish solid nodule. On the basis of histopathological findings, the lesion was diagnosed as a neurenteric cyst with xanthomatous changes.

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