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Brain and spinal arachnoiditis in a patient with neurocysticercosis: Case report

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: Arachnoiditis is a chronic inflammatory process of the arachnoid layer and subarachnoid space, and many possible etiologies can cause it, including infectious diseases. Case report: A patient with brain and spinal arachnoiditis was diagnosed and managed on the basis of clinical suspicion as tuberculous meningitis, but when he finished corticosteroids he presented neurological worsening, and after serum western blot immunoassay of T. solium positive, a possible racemose neurocysticercosis was diagnosed and treated. Conclusion: Doctors should consider the importance of nontuberculous etiologies in countries where both neurocysticercosis and tuberculosis are endemic, especially when exist arachnoiditis with cranial basal involvement.

Source: Infectio

DOI: 10.22354/24223794.1191

Authors: Pablo A. Botero-C, Felipe Hernández, Ángela Restrepo-Gil, Victor A. González, Lilliana M. Giraldo-Tapias

Institutions: Instituto Neurológico de Colombia, Clínica CES, Universidad CES

Language: English

Topic: Parasitic infections in humans and animals

Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $100