Short report: A calcified Taenia solium granuloma associated with recurrent perilesional edema causing refractory seizures: histopathological features.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 85(3): 460-3, 2011 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
We describe the first detailed histological description of an excised calcified Taenia solium granuloma from a patient who developed recurrent seizures associated with perilesional edema surrounding a calcified cysticercus (PEC). The capsule, around a degenerated cysticercus, contained marked mononuclear infiltrates that extended to adjacent brain, which showed marked astrocytosis, microgliosis, and inflammatory perivascular infiltrates. The presence of large numbers of mononuclear cells supports an inflammatory cause of PEC. Immunosuppression or anti-inflammatory measures may be able to treat and prevent PEC and recurrent seizures.
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Assunto principal:
Convulsões
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Calcinose
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Neurocisticercose
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Taenia solium
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Edema
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Granuloma
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos