Neurocysticercosis and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Correlations -Systemic Review and Case Report Article

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common helminthic infection of central nervous system (CNS) that causes an ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular complication. Most often causative agent is larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, leading the development of cysts in the brain. Cerebrovascular manifestations in NCC are a result of vasculitis, which is a complication of subarachnoid cysticercosis due to an inflammation of small-sized or medium-sized wall arteries (arteritis) or veins (phlebitis), which occurs in 2-15% cases and has variable responses in intensity of an inflammatory response, that is not related to the intensity of changes in the vessel wall. This review article analyzes correlations that might exist between subarachnoid neurocysticercosis and an infectious intracranial aneurysm and introduces one interesting case regarding that topic which was found by above mentioned authors.

Keywords:Neurocysticercosis; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Taenia solium; Intracranial aneurysm; Cerebrovascular; Infectious vasculitis

Abbreviations:NCC-Neurocysticercosis; SAH-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; CNS-Central Nervous System; NCBI-National Center Of Biotechnology Information; ADPKD-Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease; CT Scan-Computer Tomography Scan; CTA-Computer Tomography Angiography; ASAHNCC - Aneurysmal SAH Associated To Neurocysticercosis; LACA-Left Anterior Communicating Artery; MRI-Magnetic Resonance Imaging; CSF-Cerebrospinal Fluid; IL-Interleukin; TNF-Tumor Necrosis Factor; IFN-Interferon; Ige-Immunoglobulin E; Rcts-Randomized Clinical Trials