J Clin Neurol.  2017 Jan;13(1):114-115. 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.1.114.

Back Pain and Spinal Cysticercosis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, CA, USA. pjsantos@uci.edu

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Back Pain*
Cysticercosis*

Figure

  • Fig. 1 CT myelogram and MRI without contrast agent showing a cystic lesion at L5 in 2012. Coronal and sagittal CT myelograms (A and B) demonstrate a cystic lesion at the L5 vertebral level, which was also evident in axial and sagittal T1-weighted MRI with contrast agent (C and D).

  • Fig. 2 Pathological specimen of spinal cysticercosis. Image shows an inflammatory reaction in the cyst wall (hematoxylin and eosin staining, ×100). There are eosinophilic outer cuticles (arrowheads), an inflammatory cellular layer (open arrows), and a myxoid thin tubular structure (asterisks) of neurocysticercosis.

  • Fig. 3 CT myelogram and MRI without contrast agent showing spinal cysticercosis at the L5 level in 2016. Coronal and sagittal CT myelograms (A and B) showing the increased size and number of spinal cysticercosis at the L5 vertebral level, as also evident in axial and sagittal T1-weighted MRI with contrast agent (C and D).


Reference

1. Qi B, Ge P, Yang H, Bi C, Li Y. Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis: a case report and literature review. Int J Med Sci. 2011; 8:420–423.
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