Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis: Demographic, clinicoradiological, and inflammatory features.

• Main Authors: Mariana Marcin Sierra (Author), Mariana Arroyo (Author), May Cadena Torres (Author), Nancy Ramírez Cruz (Author), Fernando García Hernández (Author), Diana Taboada (Author), Ángeles Galicia Martínez (Author), Tzipe Govezensky (Author), Edda Sciutto (Author), Andrea Toledo (Author), Agnès Fleury (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis (ExPNCC), an infection caused by Taenia solium cysticerci that mainly occurs in the ventricular compartment (Ve) or the basal subarachnoid space (SAb), is more severe but less frequent and much less studied than parenchymal neurocysticercosis (ParNCC). Demographic...