Neurocysticercosis Presenting with Psychiatric Manifestations

S. S. Garieballa; A. M. Hakam

doi:10.5339/qmj.2008.2.21

ISSN: 0253-8253
EISSN: 2227-0426

oa Neurocysticercosis Presenting with Psychiatric Manifestations
Authors: S. S. Garieballa¹, A. M. Hakam¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Psychiatry Department, Al Khor Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2008, Issue 2, Dec 2008,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2008.2.21
- Published online: 01 December 2008

Abstract

Cysticercosis is the most common heliminth infection of the human central nervous system Epilepsy is the most common presentation and occurs in 50-85% of patients. Psychiatric manifestations in a form of depressive disorders, cognitive decline and psychosis have been reported frequently(2). A19-year-old Nepalese male presented with severe headache, seizures, fears and anxiety for one week. A CT scan of the brain showed small calcified lesion in the right deep temporal white matter without perifocal edema. This was considered suggestive of a healed inflammatory granuloma-neurocysticercus cyst. Treatment with a combination of albendazole dexamethazone, ranitidine, phenytoin, lorazepam and hydroxyzine resulted in a rapid recovery.

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