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Forma tumoral de neurocisticercose: relato de caso

2002; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 60; Issue: 3B Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0004-282x2002000500029

1678-4227

Manoel Baldoíno Leal Filho, José Adail Fonseca de Castro, Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira, Aline de Almeida Xavier, Bruno Ribeiro de Almeida, Ricardo Keyson Paiva de Morais, Karoline da Silva Dantas,

Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

The authors report a case of neurocysticercosis by giant cyst (3.9 x 3.4 cm), where there were clinical manifestations of increased intracranial pressure and characteristics of image in computed tomography of cranium of expansive process with mass effect in central nervous system (CNS). They comment the possibility of the tumoral form of this disease having clinical and radiological presentation similar to other expansive processes of CNS and stress the surgical procedure as a form of treatment and diagnostic confirmation.