Concommitant appearance of glioblastoma multiforme and neurocysticercosis in a nonendemic country: a case report
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Published on: July 5, 2021
Sokratis G Papageorgiou1, Dimitra Kolovou, Anastasios Bonakis
1Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. sokpapa@med.uoa.gr
Abstract:
Neurocysticercosis (NC) is the most frequent and widespread human neuroparasitosis. Glioblastoma multiforme, a not infrequent brain neoplasm in young adults, may have a similar clinical and radiologic presentation as NC. Coexistence of NC and brain tumors has been very rarely reported and puts into question a causal relationship between the 2 diseases. Here we report the case of a patient in which glioblastoma multiforme and cysticercosis appeared concomitantly, making their clinical distinction very difficult.
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