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Front. Neurol.
Sec. Neurogenetics
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1504348
Neurocysticercosis detected by targeted next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid : A case report
Provisionally accepted
Xintong Ren 1*
Yanghong Cheng 2- 1 Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- 2 Yixian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
The patient, a middle-aged male with a long history of the disease, had experienced 26 years of recurrent headaches and episodic shaking of the right limb with slurred speech for the past month. He was previously diagnosed with cerebral cysticercosis and had shown improvement after deworming treatment. In recent years, he noted a resurgence of headaches. One month prior, he developed right limb shaking and occasional slurred speech. A clinical neurological examination was unremarkable, but cranial MRI and cerebrospinal fluid sequencing confirmed a diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis. Deworming treatment was administered, resulting in symptom improvement.
Keywords: Neurocysticercosis, Targeted metagenomic next-generation sequencing, seizure, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Albendazole
Received: 30 Sep 2024; Accepted: 20 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Xintong Ren, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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