• Neurosurg Focus · Jun 2002

    Review Case Reports

    Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis. Case report and review of the literature.

    • Jason P Sheehan, Jonas Sheehan, M Beatriz Lopes, and John A Jane.
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. jps2f@virginia.edu
    • Neurosurg Focus. 2002 Jun 15; 12 (6): e10.

    AbstractCysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. It infrequently affects the spine, but when it does, it can present with symptoms similar to other more common spinal diseases. The authors present a case of isolated intramedullary cysticercosis of the cervical spine and review the literature.

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