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Case Reports
. 2013 Mar;34(3):401-3.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-012-1002-4. Epub 2012 Mar 9.

Cranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis secondary to neurocysticercosis

Thiago Cardoso Vale, Helena Duani, Daniela Lino Macedo, Paulo Pereira Christo
Case Reports

Cranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis secondary to neurocysticercosis

Thiago Cardoso Vale et al. Neurol Sci. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

We report a case of a 46-year-old Brazilian woman, a farmer, who presented with recently uncontrolled epilepsy, daily headaches and ataxia. Cranial CT revealed hydrocephalus which was treated with ventricular drainage. Brain MRI revealed multiple parenchymal cysts of varying stages of neurocysticercosis. In addition, the patient presented with diffuse dural enhancement consisted with pachymeningitis, which is quite an unusual manifestation of neurocysticercosis.

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