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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2018; 07(02): 147-149
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1596040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1596040
Case Report
Large Cysticercus in the Cerebellopontine Angle: Case Report
Further Information
Publication History
Received: 10 March 2016
accepted after revision: 17 September 2016
Publication Date:
18 April 2017 (online)
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Abstract
Neurocysticercosis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. We report a case of large cyst in the cerebellopontine angle that increased in size under observation and surgery revealed it to be cysticercus. It was removed in toto and patient improved on follow-up.
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