Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Cause of Occipital Lobe Epilepsy

Authors

  • Barış Küçükyürük Department Of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Taner Tanrıverdi Department Of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Buge Öz Department Of Pathology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Naz Yeni Department Of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Emin Özyurt Department Of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5222/sscd.2014.082

Keywords:

Epilepsy, neurocystocercosis, occipital lobe

Abstract

Thirteen-year-old boy admitted to our clinic because of intractable occipital lobe epilepsy and underwent surgical resection of epileptogenic focus at the left occipital lobe. Histopathological examinations revealed a parasitic infestation, neurocystocercosis. After surgery the patient was seizure- free at short-term follow-up and referred to the outpatient clinic of Infectious Diseases for futher medical treatment of taenia solium. A case of intractable occipital lobe epilepsy due to cysticersosus was discussed with possible pitfalls in diagnosis.

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Published

2014-06-30

How to Cite

1.
Küçükyürük B, Tanrıverdi T, Öz B, Yeni N, Özyurt E. Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Cause of Occipital Lobe Epilepsy. J Nervous Sys Surgery [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];4(2):82-4. Available from: https://sscdergisi.org/index.php/sscd/article/view/70

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Case Report