TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraventricular Taenia solium cysts presenting with Bruns syndrome and indications for emergent neurosurgery
AU - Shahani, Lokesh
AU - Garnes, Natalie Dailey
AU - Mejia, Rojelio
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Bruns syndrome is an unusual phenomenon, characterized by attacks of sudden and severe headache, vomiting, and vertigo, triggered by abrupt movement of the head. The presumptive cause of Bruns syndrome is a mobile deformable intraventricular mass leading to an episodic obstructive hydrocephalus. Intraventricular tumors have been associated with Bruns syndrome; however, few cases of intraventricular neurocysticercosis have been reported to present with Bruns syndrome. We report the first series of fourth ventricular neurocysticercosis presenting with Bruns syndrome in the United States and review the other published cases where surgery was indicated.
AB - Bruns syndrome is an unusual phenomenon, characterized by attacks of sudden and severe headache, vomiting, and vertigo, triggered by abrupt movement of the head. The presumptive cause of Bruns syndrome is a mobile deformable intraventricular mass leading to an episodic obstructive hydrocephalus. Intraventricular tumors have been associated with Bruns syndrome; however, few cases of intraventricular neurocysticercosis have been reported to present with Bruns syndrome. We report the first series of fourth ventricular neurocysticercosis presenting with Bruns syndrome in the United States and review the other published cases where surgery was indicated.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0842
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0842
M3 - Article
C2 - 25870426
AN - SCOPUS:84930604170
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 92
SP - 1261
EP - 1264
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -