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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2021; 07(04): e327-e336
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739118
Case Report

Isolated Intramedullary Lumbar Spine Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Occurrence and Review of Literature

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  • Anil Dhar

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India

  • Sanjeev Dua

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India

  • Hershdeep Singh 

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. Spinal cysticercosis is a rather rare clinical occurrence. Intramedullary (IM) spinal NCC is rarer still. Furthermore, cases of IM-NCC at lumbar levels are few and far between. We present a case of a 35-year-old male patient who was diagnosed to have IM-NCC at L2-3 level and was managed surgically with no recurrence at 2 years of follow-up. A systematic literature review (1992–2020) highlights it to be only the third case reported with exclusive lumbar involvement

Keywords

neurocysticercosis - lumbar - spine - intramedullary - rare

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The authors declare in consensus that the information provided is true to the best of their knowledge and currently this manuscript is not under submission in any other journal.




Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 07. Juni 2021

Angenommen: 23. September 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
15. Dezember 2021

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