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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Volume  7, Issue 1, January - March 2015, Pages 15-17
 

Case Report

Neurocysticercosis Presenting as Myoclonus: A Rare Manifestation

Amruta A. Gokhale*, Milind S. Tullu**, Mukesh Agrawal***, Vrushabh S. Gavali****

*MD Registrar; **MD, DCH, DNB, FCPS, MNAMS, FIAP Professor- Additional; ***MD Professor & Head; ****MD Registrar. Department of Pediatrics, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India

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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.7115.2

Abstract
Neurocysticercosis manifesting with movement disorders is quite uncommon in children. Herein, we report a case of neurocysticercosis in an eight-year-old boy who presented with myoclonus. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a solitary neurocysticercosis lesion in the left frontal lobe. The child improved within two days of starting albendazole and prednisolone (for the neurocysticercosis). Occurrence of myoclonus in neurocysticercosis has been discussed in this report. 

Keywords: Albendazole; Brain; Cortical; Frontal Lobe; Myoclonus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurocysticercus; Taenia Solium. 


Corresponding Author : Milind S. Tullu**