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Neurocisticercosis: enfermedad infecciosa desatendida, olvidada y emergente. A propósito de un caso / Neurocysticercosis: an ignored, forgotten and emerging infectious disease. A case study
Velasquez Salazar, Rosirys; Rojas, Solimar; Briceño, Adriana; Prieto, Marco.
  • Velasquez Salazar, Rosirys; Hospital Central de Maracay.
  • Rojas, Solimar; Hospital Central de Maracay.
  • Briceño, Adriana; Hospital Central de Maracay.
  • Prieto, Marco; Hospital Central de Maracay.
Comunidad salud ; 14(2): 14-23, dic. 2016. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-840164
ABSTRACT
The case is a male patient of 31 years of age, who started presenting headaches from mild to severe intensity without calm, and vomiting several times a month prior to admission to the emergency room at the Central Hospital of Maracay. Then, he had and intermittent fever of 39ºC and neurological symptoms characterized by an altered state of consciousness, right hemiplegia, motor aphasia, and a III, IV and VI level of cranial nerve paralysis. Computerized tomography showed extensive hypodense image in the right brain, irregular edges with mass effect deviated midline structures to the contralateral side. In the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging with contrast, revealed several numerous universal rounded images, which captured contrast on its periphery, including at the level of brain stem and midbrain, highly suggestive of neurocysticercosis. The patient died a few hours later. Clinical suspicion is important of this entity to guide studies for early diagnosis, due to the expected increase of incidence in the coming years. Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of neurocysticercosis were reviewed.
RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 31 años de edad, quien un mes previo a su ingreso al servicio de emergencia del Hospital Central de Maracay, comenzó a presentar cefalea holocraneana de moderada a fuerte intensidad sin acalmia y vómitos en múltiples oportunidades, posteriormente fiebre de 39ºC intermitente y clínica neurológica caracterizada por alteración del estado de consciencia, hemiplejia derecha, afasia motora, parálisis del III, IV y VI par craneal. La tomografía axial computarizada mostró imagen hipodensa extensa en hemisferio cerebral derecho, de bordes irregulares con efecto de masa que desviaba estructuras de la línea media al lado contralateral. En la resonancia magnética cerebral (RM) con contraste se evidenciaron múltiples imágenes redondeadas universales, que captaban contraste en su periferia, incluyendo a nivel de tallo cerebral y mesencéfalo, altamente sugestivas de Neurocisticercosis. El paciente fallece pocas horas después. Es importante la sospecha clínica de esta entidad para orientar los estudios al diagnóstico precoz, debido al previsible aumento de la incidencia en los próximos años. Revisamos la patogenia, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la neurocisticercosis.

Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Type of study: Screening study Language: Spanish Journal: Comunidad salud Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Venezuela

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Type of study: Screening study Language: Spanish Journal: Comunidad salud Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Venezuela