Pungavkar Sona A, Shah Jeshil R, Gadani Samir, Singhai Alok, Patkar Deepak P, Desai Sanjay
Department of MRI, Mammography and BMD, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital and Research Centre, Vile parle, Mumbai 400 056, India.
Neurol India. 2005 Jun;53(2):232-4. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.16422.
Neuro-cysticercosis (NCC) and Japanese encephalitis (JE) are common in tropical countries. Two cases of NCC with coexistent JE are presented, which share same socio-demographic and ecologic factors and have the same intermediate host (pig). Patients were on treatment for NCC and presented in comatose state. Sudden clinical deterioration of a patient with NCC should warrant a search for coexistent JE. We report findings of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted imaging of the JE.
