LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Year : 2017  |  Volume : 12  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 396

Intramedullary cysticercosis without neurological deficit

Beuy Joob¹, Viroj Wiwanitkit^2
1 Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand
² Department of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Hainan Sheng, China

Date of Web Publication

26-Mar-2018

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Beuy Joob
Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok
Thailand

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/JPN.JPN_83_17

How to cite this article: Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Intramedullary cysticercosis without neurological deficit. J Pediatr Neurosci 2017;12:396

How to cite this URL: Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Intramedullary cysticercosis without neurological deficit. J Pediatr Neurosci [serial online] 2017 [cited 2022 Jul 2];12:396. Available from: https://www.pediatricneurosciences.com/text.asp?2017/12/4/396/227985

Dear Sir,

Ranjan et al. presented an interesting case with “Intramedullary Cysticercosis (ICC) without Neurological Deficit.”^[1] Ranjan et al. mentioned that “to best of our knowledge, this is the first case of ICC without neurological involvement.”^[1] We agree that the case is rare, but we do not agree with this conclusion, and the problem might be due to a good literature review. We would like to take the note that there are already some publications on ICC without neurological complication. At least, Parmar et al. reported two cases of ICC without neurological complication.^[2] It is no doubt that the silent asymptomatic CC is possible and usually missed underdiagnosed.

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References

1.	Ranjan R, Tulika, Chand S, Agnihotri A. Solitary intramedullary cervical cysticercosis without neurological deficit: A Rare case report. J Pediatr Neurosci 2017;12:99-101.   [PUBMED]  [Full text]
2.	Parmar H, Shah J, Patwardhan V, Patankar T, Patkar D, Muzumdar D, et al. MR imaging in intramedullary cysticercosis. Neuroradiology 2001;43:961-7.   [PUBMED]