Blepharospasm associated with neurocysticercosis

Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1992 Feb;14(1):56-9.

Abstract

We report a case of a 48-year-old woman who had a 4 years history of bilateral blepharospasm. CT-scan showed multiple intracranial calcifications (two of them in the left thalamus) corresponding to neurocysticerosis, and a lacunar infarction in right internal capsule area. To our knowledge this case is the first one reported in the literature of blepharospasm associated with (and perhaps symptomatic of?) neurocysticercosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blepharospasm / etiology*
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases / parasitology*
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / parasitology*
  • Cysticercosis / complications*
  • Cysticercosis / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged