Cysticercosis of the Human Nervous System

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Del Brutto, Oscar H. (Συγγραφέας), García, Héctor H. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Parasitology.; Neuroradiology.; Neurology.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Neurocysticercosis (neural infection by larvae of Taenia solium) occurs when humans become intermediate hosts of the tapeworm Taenia solium after ingesting its eggs, usually directly from a Taenia carrier. Nowadays, the disease is the most common helminthic infection of the nervous system in humans,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Foreword
• 2 History of taeniasis and cysticercosis
• 3 Epidemiology of human cysticercosis:
• Cysticercosis in endemic regions
• Cysticercosis in travelers and non-endemic regions
• 4 Life cycle and biological characteristics of Taenia solium
• 5 Neuropathology of cysticercosis and evolutive stages of cysticerci
• 6 Immunopathogenesis of cysticercosis
• 7 Clinical manifestations of Parenchymal neurocysticercosis:
• Epilepsy
• Focal neurological deficits
• Cognitive decline and psychiatric alterations
• Increased intracranial pressure
• 8 Clinical manifestations of Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis:
• Intraventricular NCC
• Cysticercosis of the Sylvian fissure and basal CSF cisterns
• Subarachnoid NCC of the convexity
• 9 Diagnosis of cysticercosis (and Taeniasis):
• Neuroimaging
• Immunological diagnosis
• Other exams
• Diagnosis of taeniasis
• Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis
• 10 Management of neurocysticercosis:
• Cysticidal drugs (albendazole and praziquantel) Surgery
• 11 Control and perspectives for elimination.  .