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Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volume  2, Issue 1, Jan-Jun 2015, Pages 53-56
 

Case Report

Neurocysticercosis: An Unusual Incidental Diagnosis of Postdural Puncture Headache

Lalit Gupta*, Gaurav Dwivedi**, Poonam Bhadoria***

*Consultant, **Sr. Consultant, Anesthesia, HCG-SMH Cancer Curie Centre, New Delhi, ***Director Professor, Anesthesia, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijaa.2349.8471.2115.7

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic neurological infection caused by the ingestion of larvae from the adult tapeworm Taenia solium. We describe a man who presented with severe headache post herniorrhaphy under spinal anaesthesia. A diagnosis of PDPH with meningismus was made by neurologist and a MRI was performed to further investigate the cause. His initial MRI showed multiple characteristic cystic lesions in observance with Neurocysticercosis.

 


Keywords : Neurocysticercosis; Taenia-solium; PDPH; Meningismus; Spinal Anaesthesia.
Corresponding Author : Lalit Gupta*