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Empty Sella Syndrome Associated with Central Nervous System Cysticercosis

Kyung Kwon Paik,Sung Kil Lim,Hyun Chul Lee,Eun Jig Lee,Kap Bum Huh,Dong Joon Kim+1 more-1988-07-31-The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

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A 55-year-old woman presented with severe recurrent headache accompanied by dizziness. The brain CT scan showed multiple low-density cystic lesions in the suprasellar and left sylvian cisternae with total empty sell syndrome. The communication between the cisternae and the suprasellar cyst was not verified on the metrizamide CT scan. Treatment with praziquantel resulted in headache inilially and a rise in specific IgG.

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A 55-year-old woman presented with severe recurrent headache accompanied by dizziness. The brain CT scan showed multiple low-density cystic lesions in the suprasellar and left sylvian cisternae with total empty sell syndrome. The communication between the cisternae and the suprasellar cyst was not verified on the metrizamide CT scan. Treatment with praziquantel resulted in headache inilially and a rise in specific IgG.

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MedicineMetrizamideNeurocysticercosisPraziquantelCysticercosisCystRadiologyComputed tomography

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