Neurocisticercosis cerebral gigante. Reporte de un caso

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is the disease resulting from the infestation of the larval form of the intestinal helminth Taenia solium
(cysticerci) in the central nervous system, manifests with seizures and signs of neurological focalization, sensory alterations,
language, coordination, headache, vomiting and papilledema may occur. The diagnosis is made through epidemiological,
clinical, histological and neuroimaging criteria. We report a case of 49-year-old patient with a history of neurocysticercosis 14 years ago is exposed, who presents symptoms of neurological focalization, deterioration of the state of consciousness and speech, characteristic signs of cerebral LOE, whose image study showed the presence of left parietal intraparenchymal cyst of 6 cm, with compression of adjacent cerebral parenchyma and perilesional cerebral edema. The cyst was removed using a combination of hydrodissection and excision, with clinical improvement, whose histological result showed the presence of cysticercus; observing in this case unusual features that make it important to know.