[Calcified cysticerci in basal ganglia and Parkinson's syndrome: report of a case]

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1984 Jun;42(2):183-6. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1984000200014.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

It is reported the case of a 57 years-old man from Maranhão State who presented Parkinson's syndrome. Images proper to calcified cysticerci were found in the basal ganglia at the CT-scan examination. Considerations are made as to: the low frequency of cysticercosis in the northern region of the country where the patient lives; the association of symptomatic Parkinson's syndrome and cysticercosis of the central nervous system, which is rare; the demonstration of calcified cysticerci in basal ganglia in this situation, which was not registered up to the present time.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / complications*
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / parasitology
  • Cysticercosis / complications*
  • Cysticercosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed