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- Title
Headache, Confusion, and Somnolence in a 27-Year-Old Woman.
- Authors
Sastry, Rahul; Moldovan, Krisztina; Niu, Tianyi
- Abstract
A woman who had immigrated from Guatemala 1 year prior developed headache, photophobia, vomiting, somnolence, and confusion but no focal neurologic deficits. Brain CT showed ventriculomegaly, hydrocephalus, and cerebral edema, while brain MRI showed a nonenhancing lesion obstructing the aqueduct of Sylvius that moved to the fourth ventricle with hydrocephalus resolution on repeat imaging 5 days later. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of diseases in women; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DIAGNOSIS of brain diseases; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2020, Vol 324, Issue 20, p2097
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2020.10167