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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2005;37(1): 67-69. |
| Sacral Intradural Cysticercosis Misdiagnosed as Brain Tumor Metastasis. |
| Seok Won Kim, Seung Myung Lee |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. chosunns@hanmail.net |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Spinal intradural cysticercosis is a rare manifestation of neurocysticercosis that may present as an isolated lesion.
We report a case of sacral intradural cysticercosis misdiagnosed as a metastasis through cerebrospinal fluid seeding in a 48-year-old patient who underwent ependymoma surgery 3 months ago. We performed S1-2 laminectomy with the total removal of intradural lesion. The cysticercosis was confirmed histologically. The patient was given albendazole with corticosteroid. |
| Key Words:
Neurocysticercois; Spine; Ependymoma; Metastasis |
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