Neurocysticercosis causing sudden death:a case report

作     者：Martinez Fernanda Seley Celeste Marchesi Liliana Fontanarossa Victoria Rodriguez Dominique Troncoso Alcides 

作者机构：Department of MicrobiologyParasitology and Infectious DiseasesSchool of MedicineBuenos Aires University 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第3卷第8期

页      面：669-670页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 100204[医学-神经病学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Neurocysticercosis Taenia solium Sudden death 

摘      要：We report an acute case of a native man from Bolivia suffered from cephalalgia which rapidly worsened and ended in his sudden and unexpected *** resonance imaging(MRI) of the brain was *** demonstrated on brain MRI scan were consistent with a diagnosis of neurocysticercosis(NCC).An autopsy showed the presence of intraventricular Taenia solium(***) cysts which caused blockage of cerebrospinal fluid and secondary *** to the increasing travel movements of people neurocysticercosis must be considered as a cause of unexplained sudden death.