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Del Brutto OH, Wadia NH, Dumas M, Cruz M, Tsang VC, Schantz PM, 1996. Proposal of diagnostic criteria for human cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis. J Neurol Sci 142: 1–6.
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Del Brutto OH et al.., 2001. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 57: 177–183.
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Del Brutto OH, Nash TE, White AC Jr, Rajshekhar V, Wilkins PP, Singh G, Vazquez CM, Salgado P, Gilman RH, Garcia HH, 2017. Revised diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. J Neurol Sci 372: 202–210.
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Keane JR, 1984. Death from cysticercosis. Seven patients with unrecognized obstructive hydrocephalus. West J Med 140: 787–789.
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Cuetter AC, Andrews RJ, 2002. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis: 18 consecutive patients and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus 12: e5.
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Hortobágyi T, Alhakim A, Biedrzycki O, Djurovic V, Rawal J, Al-Sarraj S, 2009. Cysticercosis of the fourth ventricle causing sudden death: a case report and review of the literature. Pathol Oncol Res 15: 143–146.
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Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, PRISMA Group, 2009. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Ann Intern Med 151: 264–269.
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8.
Magill AJ, Ryan ET, Hill DR, Solomon T, 2013. Hunter’s Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9th edition. China: Elsevier Inc.
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9.
Del Brutto OH, Garcia HH, 2014. Cysticercosis of the Human Nervous System. Berlin, Germany: Springfield-Verlag.
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10.
Escobar A, Nieto D, 1972. Parasitic diseases. Minckler J, ed. Pathology of the Nervous System. Vol. 3. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
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Pittella JEH, 1997. Neurocysticercosis. Brain Pathol 7: 681–693.
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12.
Cuetter AC, Garcia-Bobadilla J, Guerra LG, Martinez FM, Kaim B, 1997. Neurocysticercosis: focus on intraventricular disease. Clin Infect Dis 24: 157–164.
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13.
Cuetter AC, Andrews RJ, 2002. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis: 18 consecutive patients and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus 12: 5.
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14.
Kumar R, Kalra SK, Mahapatra AK, 2008. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis cyst(s) in Indian children. Pediatr Neurosurg 44: 118–123.
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White AC Jr, 2015. Bruns syndrome is a common presentation of neurocysticercosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 93: 672.
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16.
Jimenez Caballero PE, Mollejo Villanueva M, Marsal Alonso C, Alvarez Tejerina A, 2005. Síndrome de Bruns: descripción de un caso de neurocisticercosis con estudio anatomopatológico. Neurologia 20: 87–89.
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Garg RK, 2004. Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: some modifications are needed for Indian patients. Neurol India 52: 171–177.
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18.
Gabriel S, Blocher J, Dorny P, Abatih EN, Schmutzhard E, Ombay M, Mathias B, Winkler AS, 2012. Added value of antigen ELISA in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis in resource poor settings. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6: e1851.
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Carpio A et al.., 2016. New diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: reliability and validity. Ann Neurol 80: 434–442.
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Gilman RH, 2016. Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis—a difficult update. Nat Rev Neurol 12: 560–561.
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Lescano AG, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Gavidia CM, Tsang VC, Rodrigues S, Moulton LH, Villaran MV, Montano SM, Gonzalez AE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, 2009. Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e371.
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Román GC et al.., 2000. A proposal to declare neurocysticercosis an international reportable disease. Bull World Health Organ 79: 399–406.
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Reliability of Diagnostic Criteria for Neurocysticercosis for Patients with Ventricular Cystic Lesions or Granulomas: A systematic review
Javier A. Bustos
Javier A. Bustos
Department of Microbiology, Center for Global Health – Tumbes, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru;
Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
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Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
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Hector H. García
Hector H. García
Department of Microbiology, Center for Global Health – Tumbes, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru;
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Oscar H. Del Brutto
Oscar H. Del Brutto
School of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo – Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Intraventricular neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a severe form of NCC requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to assess the reliability of the most recent version of diagnostic criteria for this form of NCC. Two systematic literature reviews were performed; one included case reports of patients with intraventricular cysticercosis and the other included case reports of patients with intraventricular cystic lesions or granulomas caused by infections other than NCC. All assessed cases were categorized according to the last revision of the long-standing Del Brutto’s set of diagnostic criteria to determine its sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value for this form of NCC. The search disclosed 128 patients with intraventricular NCC and 41 with other infections. The set of diagnostic criteria classified as definitive NCC 93 cases with intraventricular NCC (sensitivity 72.7%, 95% CI, 63.9–79.9%), as well as four cases with other infections (specificity 90.2%, 95% CI, 75.9–96.8%). The positive and negative predictive values of the criteria were 0.96 (95% CI, 0.89–0.99) and 0.51 (95% CI, 0.39–0.63), respectively. The revised Del Brutto’s set of diagnostic criteria for NCC is acceptably sensitive and highly specific for diagnosing patients with the ventricular form of the disease.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Financial support: J. A. B. is partially supported by FIC-NIH grant TW001140 and O. H. D. is supported by Universidad Espíritu Santo – Ecuador.
Authors’ addresses: Javier A. Bustos, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Center for Global Health, Lima, Peru, E-mail: javier.bustos@jhu.edu. Hector H. García, Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Centro de Salud Global Tumbes, Lima, Peru, E-mail: hgarcia1@jhu.edu. Oscar H. Del Brutto, Hospital-Clinica Kennedy, School of Medicine, Universidad Espiritu Santo – Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, E-mail: oscardelbrutto@hotmail.com.
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1.
Del Brutto OH, Wadia NH, Dumas M, Cruz M, Tsang VC, Schantz PM, 1996. Proposal of diagnostic criteria for human cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis. J Neurol Sci 142: 1–6.
-
2.
Del Brutto OH et al.., 2001. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 57: 177–183.
-
3.
Del Brutto OH, Nash TE, White AC Jr, Rajshekhar V, Wilkins PP, Singh G, Vazquez CM, Salgado P, Gilman RH, Garcia HH, 2017. Revised diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. J Neurol Sci 372: 202–210.
-
4.
Keane JR, 1984. Death from cysticercosis. Seven patients with unrecognized obstructive hydrocephalus. West J Med 140: 787–789.
-
5.
Cuetter AC, Andrews RJ, 2002. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis: 18 consecutive patients and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus 12: e5.
-
6.
Hortobágyi T, Alhakim A, Biedrzycki O, Djurovic V, Rawal J, Al-Sarraj S, 2009. Cysticercosis of the fourth ventricle causing sudden death: a case report and review of the literature. Pathol Oncol Res 15: 143–146.
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7.
Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, PRISMA Group, 2009. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Ann Intern Med 151: 264–269.
-
8.
Magill AJ, Ryan ET, Hill DR, Solomon T, 2013. Hunter’s Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9th edition. China: Elsevier Inc.
-
9.
Del Brutto OH, Garcia HH, 2014. Cysticercosis of the Human Nervous System. Berlin, Germany: Springfield-Verlag.
-
10.
Escobar A, Nieto D, 1972. Parasitic diseases. Minckler J, ed. Pathology of the Nervous System. Vol. 3. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
-
11.
Pittella JEH, 1997. Neurocysticercosis. Brain Pathol 7: 681–693.
-
12.
Cuetter AC, Garcia-Bobadilla J, Guerra LG, Martinez FM, Kaim B, 1997. Neurocysticercosis: focus on intraventricular disease. Clin Infect Dis 24: 157–164.
-
13.
Cuetter AC, Andrews RJ, 2002. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis: 18 consecutive patients and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus 12: 5.
-
14.
Kumar R, Kalra SK, Mahapatra AK, 2008. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis cyst(s) in Indian children. Pediatr Neurosurg 44: 118–123.
-
15.
White AC Jr, 2015. Bruns syndrome is a common presentation of neurocysticercosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 93: 672.
-
16.
Jimenez Caballero PE, Mollejo Villanueva M, Marsal Alonso C, Alvarez Tejerina A, 2005. Síndrome de Bruns: descripción de un caso de neurocisticercosis con estudio anatomopatológico. Neurologia 20: 87–89.
-
17.
Garg RK, 2004. Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: some modifications are needed for Indian patients. Neurol India 52: 171–177.
-
18.
Gabriel S, Blocher J, Dorny P, Abatih EN, Schmutzhard E, Ombay M, Mathias B, Winkler AS, 2012. Added value of antigen ELISA in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis in resource poor settings. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6: e1851.
-
19.
Carpio A et al.., 2016. New diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: reliability and validity. Ann Neurol 80: 434–442.
-
20.
Gilman RH, 2016. Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis—a difficult update. Nat Rev Neurol 12: 560–561.
-
21.
Lescano AG, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Gavidia CM, Tsang VC, Rodrigues S, Moulton LH, Villaran MV, Montano SM, Gonzalez AE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, 2009. Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e371.
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22.
Román GC et al.., 2000. A proposal to declare neurocysticercosis an international reportable disease. Bull World Health Organ 79: 399–406.
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