Clinical, Laboratory and Imaging Features, Treatment Trends and Long Term Outcomes in Patients With Parenchymal and Extraparenchymal Neurocysticercosis-A Registry Based Study
Neurocysticercosis(NCC) is the commonest parasitic infection of the central nervous system. It is the commonest cause of focal seizures in India. It can also present with headaches, movement disorders, stroke, cognitive decline and multitude of complications depending on its location. Parenchymal NCC is more common than extraparenchymal NCC. There is considerable variation in the treatment practices including administration of anti-helminthic agents and corticosteroids. Extra-parenchymal NCC is rare and can occur in the subarachnoid space or intraventricularly. Extra-parenchymal NCC is managed surgically in several instances. There is scant literature on the long term follow up of this condition. This registry will enable collection of data on the clinical, laboratory and imaging features, treatment trends and long term outcomes of both parenchymal and extra-parenchymal neurocysticercosis.
• Patients attending Neurology OPD or are admitted in wards with neurocysticercosis diagnosed on the basis of composite clinical criteria, imaging criteria as well as natural history
• Atleast 14 years of age of all sexes
• Reasonable clinical certainty OR allied investigations such as CXR/CECT chest/abdomen/PET CT as per clinical indication ruling out tuberculosis or mimics of neurocysticercosis
• Other relevant investigations like CSF analysis not suggestive of alternative diagnosis such as tubercular/ cryptococcal/other fungal infections/other causes of chronic meningitis such as brucella/ nocardia/ syphilis/recurrent viral meningitis/ carcinomatous/ lymphomatous meningitis or non infective causes such as sarcoidosis/sub-arachnoid hemorrhage etc.