Spinal Cysticercosis Minicking Lumbar Disc Herniation
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
;
: 265-272, 1976.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Two cases of lumbar subarachnoid cysticercosis were surgically treated. Both of them developed low back pain and radiating pain in one or both legs. The diagnostic myelogram for lumbar disc herniation showed a movable oval cyst-like filling defect in the lumbar subarachnoid space in one case, and multiple fixed round filling defects in the other. The cystic lesions were successfully removed through laminectomy. In one case, as the cyst was movable, a radiofluoroscopic image intensifier was of considerable assistance. Following surgery the patients' symptoms cleared up and the pathological specimens revealed cysticerci cellurosae.
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Main subject:
Subarachnoid Space
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Cysticercosis
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Low Back Pain
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Laminectomy
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Leg
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
Year:
1976
Type:
Article
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