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KMID : 0377619760300060645
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1976 Volume.30 No. 6 p.645 ~ p.648
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Intramedullary Cysticercosis - Case Report -
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A rare case of intramedullary cysticercosis in a 36 year old male is presented. The patient had a marked paraparesis with TIO sensory level, absent deep tendon reflexes and sphincteric disturbance.
Thoracic myelography showed a complete block of dye column a. T10spinal level
and it proved at laminectomy to be due to a solitary cysticercus vesicle. Intramedullary cysticercus vesicle was removed from the region of the central canal through posterior myelotomy.
The patient recovered slightly from his neurological dysfunctions but aspastic paraparesis was remained slightly.
The author report a case of intramedullary cysticercosis located in lower thoracic cord and review previously reported cases.
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