Starry sky appearance in Neurocysticercosis
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Date
2017
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Educational Society for Excellence
Abstract
Endemic in India, Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is perhaps one of the oldest known and perhaps the most common parasitic infections of the human nervous system. It is a major cause of epilepsy and neurological disease in many developing countries. In 2015, the WHO Food borne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group identified T. solium as a leading cause of deaths from food-borne diseases, resulting in a considerable total of 2.8 million disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). T. solium cysticercosis was added by WHO to the list of major neglected tropical diseases in 2010. The diagnosis is imaging based which shows characteristic “starry sky” appearance in heavy infestation cases.
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Keywords
Starry sky appearance, Neurocysticercosis, T Solium
Citation
Neki NS, Shergill GS, Singh Amritpal, Sidhu Puneet Bans, Kaur manpreet. Starry sky appearance in Neurocysticercosis. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Jan; 4(1): 131-133