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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Neuro-cysticercosis presenting with single delusion: A rare psychiatric manifestation
Suhash Chakraborty1, Shilpa R Singi2, Gyanaranjan Pradhan2, HC Anantha Subramanya2
1 Department of Psychiatry, Hindustan Aeronautics Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 2 Department of Medicine, Hindustan Aeronautics Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Suhash Chakraborty QTR No-MD-13, 7th Main, Hal Old Township, Vimanapura Post, Bengaluru - 560 017, Karnataka India
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-516X.136808
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We report a case of multiple parenchymal neurocysticercosis in an elderly lady without raised intracranial tension which caused diagnostic confusion. The initial manifestation was only psychological as delusional disorder without any neurological symptoms or focal neurological deficit. Plain computed tomography scan showed mild bilateral periventricular and subcortical hypodensities. The development of hemiplegia during the course of psychiatric treatment prompted us to go for magnetic resonance imaging brain which clinched the diagnosis. |
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