Tài liệu Báo cáo y học: "Spinal Intramedullary Cysticercosis: A Case Report and Literature Review"

Neurocysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic infection affecting the central nervous system. However, the spinal cysti-cercosis is rare, representing 1.2% to 5.8% of all cases of neurocysticercosis19, 20. According to the cysticercus location in spine, Cysticercosis has been classified anatomically as extraspinal (vertebral) or intraspinal (epidural, subdural, arachnoid, or intramedullary), of which the intramedullary type is quite rare and only fifty-three cases have been reported until 20101-3,8,13. Here, we reported a case of intramedullary cysticercosis at T4 and T5 vertebral level and discussed its diagnosis and treatment with literature review.