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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2021; 07(04): e327-e336
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739118
Case Report

Isolated Intramedullary Lumbar Spine Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Occurrence and Review of Literature

Anil Dhar
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Sanjeev Dua
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Hershdeep Singh 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. Spinal cysticercosis is a rather rare clinical occurrence. Intramedullary (IM) spinal NCC is rarer still. Furthermore, cases of IM-NCC at lumbar levels are few and far between. We present a case of a 35-year-old male patient who was diagnosed to have IM-NCC at L2-3 level and was managed surgically with no recurrence at 2 years of follow-up. A systematic literature review (1992–2020) highlights it to be only the third case reported with exclusive lumbar involvement

Keywords

neurocysticercosis - lumbar - spine - intramedullary - rare

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Received: 07 June 2021

Accepted: 23 September 2021

Article published online:
15 December 2021

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