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Histological and molecular biology diagnosis of neurocysticercosis in a patient without history of travel to endemic areas: case report

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/6642
ISSN: 1252-607X
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2012194441
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2012-11
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BACKGROUND: in endemic areas, neurocysticercosis appears mainly as a single, large, spherical and non-enhancing intracranial cyst. CASE PRESENTATION: an atypical case of neurocysticercosis (NCC) in a French Caucasian, without history of travel to endemic areas, was confirmed by histology and molecular speciation. Imaging was atypical, showing several hook-bearing scolices visible in the cyst, while the serology employed was non-contributary. CONCLUSIONS: NCC should be considered when multiple taeniid scolices are observed within the same cystic lesion.
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Neurocysticercosis Taenia solium Histology Molecular biology French patient
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Aged Animals Brain Neoplasms Carrier State Diagnosis, Differential Echinococcosis France Frontal Lobe Glioma Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Neurocysticercosis Taenia solium Tomography Travel
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Parasite. 2012;19(4):441-4.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012194441
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