?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Racemose+Neurocysticercosis%3A+A+Rare+Cause+of+Chronic+Meningitis&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+S&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+A&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+S&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+A&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Neurocysticercosis+(NCC)+is+the+most+common+parasitic+disease+of+the+nervous+system+and+is+the+main+cause+of+acquired+epilepsy+in+developing+countries.+Clinical+manifestations+result+from+inflammatory+response+to+cyst+degeneration%2C+mass+effect%2C+obstruction+of+CSF+pathway+or+residual+scarring+but+are+related+to+the+numbers%2C+size+and+location+of+lesions+and+the+severity+of+host's+immune+response.+The+subarachnoid%2Fcisternal+form+of+NCC+and+majority+of+the+intraventricular+NCC+are+of+racemose+type%2C+and+differ+from+more+common+cysticercus+cellulose+in+that+they+are+larger%2C+appear+as+multiloculated+cysts+and+lack+scolex.+Racemose+NCC+is+uncommon+in+India.+We+are+reporting+a+patient+presenting+as+chronic+meningitis+due+to+racemose+NCC.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2014-05-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9734%2F1%2F2014-1-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kumar%2C+S+and+Sharma%2C+A+and+Sharma%2C+S+and+Sharma%2C+A++(2014)+Racemose+Neurocysticercosis%3A+A+Rare+Cause+of+Chronic+Meningitis.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9734%2F