Chiari Malformation and Hydrocephalus Masking Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report.

Chiari Malformation and Hydrocephalus Masking Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report.

World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar 12;:

Authors: Rajpal S, Tomberlin C, Bauer A, Forsythe RC, Burneikiene S

Abstract
BACKGROUND: The variety of diagnostic characteristics associated with neurocysticercosis have been well studied, however, its potential to be implicated in other differential diagnosis has not been well demonstrated.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We report the case of a 55-year-old Hispanic man who underwent a Chiari decompression surgery, which was complicated with hydrocephalus. Despite a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement, he continued to have headaches and was soon found to have several skull base subarachnoid lesions, which were later diagnosed as the sequelae of an active neurocysticercosis infection.
CONCLUSION: This case report highlights the importance of overlapping symptoms between diseases in a short temporal context.

PMID: 29545224 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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