TITLE:
Neurocysticercosis in Iran: An Unexpected Case and Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Zeinab Kishani Farahani, Afshin Moradi, Amirsaiid Sedighi, Mohammadmehdi Soleimani
KEYWORDS:
Neurocysticercosis; Epilepsy; Racemose; Scolex
JOURNAL NAME:
Neuroscience and Medicine,
Vol.4 No.4,
December
2,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Neurocysticercosis is a significant public health issue
worldwide. Even though cysticercosis was once thought to have been eradicated in the United States, it is currently a
growing public health problem in the United States, and immigrants from endemic areas are at the highest risk of acquiring this disease. In Iran, there was no report from this worrisome infection. The clinical presentation of
neurocysticercosis is variable and vague. In this article, we will explain a case of
neurocysticercosis encountered
in the Shohada
Hospital pathology department, and then we will review neurologic and radiologic symptoms,
laboratory and pathologic findings, as well as medication for treatment, briefly.