Concurrent asymptomatic inflammatory aneurysm and ischemic stroke due to cysticercal arteritis

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Dec;115(12):2540-2. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.10.001. Epub 2013 Oct 24.
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Keywords: Brain cysticercosis; Carotid artery aneurysm; Case report; Neurocysticercosis; Stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Aneurysm, Infected / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / drug therapy
  • Aneurysm, Infected / pathology
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aphasia / etiology
  • Arteritis / complications*
  • Arteritis / pathology
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / complications
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / pathology
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / drug therapy
  • Inflammation / etiology
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Neurocysticercosis / complications*
  • Neurocysticercosis / drug therapy
  • Neurocysticercosis / pathology
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Stroke / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Dexamethasone
  • Albendazole