Unusual Complication in a Patient with Renal Transplantation: Cerebral Cysticercosis

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Journal Nephron

Publisher Karger

Specialty Nephrology

Date 1987 Jan 1

PMID 3543710

Citations 8

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Abstract

A patient with cadaveric renal transplantation was diagnosed by brain-computed tomography and ELISA as having neurocysticercosis in the CSF. Complete cure was achieved after praziquantel therapy. Function of the allograft was not affected.

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