Neurocysticercosis causing sudden death

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Jun;31(2):117-9. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181cfc8a3.

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis causes significant morbidity due to neurologic manifestations including seizures. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is responsible for mortality associated with seizure disorders. This case highlights death from neurocysticercosis and possible SUDEP in a nonendemic country.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Arachnoiditis / pathology
  • Brain Edema / parasitology
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / parasitology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology*
  • Death, Sudden / etiology*
  • Eosinophils / pathology
  • Forensic Pathology
  • Histiocytes / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurocysticercosis / diagnosis*
  • Neutrophils / pathology
  • Occipital Lobe / parasitology
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology
  • Plasma Cells / pathology
  • Seizures / drug therapy
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants