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Coenurosis

MedGen UID:
3142
•Concept ID:
C0009225
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Coenuriases; Coenuriasis
SNOMED CT: Coenurosis (24360007); Infection by larvae of dog tapeworm (24360007); Gid (24360007); Coenuriasis (24360007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000293

Definition

A parasitic infection that develops in the intermediate hosts of some tapeworm species (Taenia multiceps, T. serialis, T. brauni, or T. glomerata) and are caused by the coenurus, the larval stage of these worms. This disease occurs mainly in sheep and other ungulates, but occasionally can occur in humans too by accidental ingestion of worms' eggs. [from MONDO]

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PubMed

Neurocysticercosis: an update on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Pineda-Reyes R, White AC Jr
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2022 Jun 1;35(3):246-254. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000831. PMID: 35665719
Clinical management of infectious cerebral vasculitides.
Carod Artal FJ
Expert Rev Neurother 2016;16(2):205-21. Epub 2016 Jan 19 doi: 10.1586/14737175.2015.1134321. PMID: 26689107
Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis.
Garcia HH, Nash TE, Del Brutto OH
Lancet Neurol 2014 Dec;13(12):1202-15. Epub 2014 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70094-8. PMID: 25453460Free PMC Article

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Etiology

Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities.
Tamarozzi F, Kibona T, de Glanville WA, Mappi T, Adonikamu E, Salewi A, Misso K, Maro V, Casulli A, Santoro A, Santolamazza F, Mmbaga BT, Cleaveland S
Parasit Vectors 2022 Oct 28;15(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x. PMID: 36307877Free PMC Article
Diversity of Taenia and Hydatigera (Cestoda: Taeniidae) in domestic dogs in Kenya.
Mulinge E, Odongo D, Magambo J, Njenga SM, Zeyhle E, Mbae C, Kagendo D, Addy F, Ebi D, Wassermann M, Kern P, Romig T
Parasitol Res 2020 Sep;119(9):2863-2875. Epub 2020 Jul 15 doi: 10.1007/s00436-020-06793-2. PMID: 32666190
Brain MRI Findings in Coenurosis: A Helminth Infection.
Kulanthaivelu K, Bhat MD, Prasad C, Srinivas D, Mhatre R, Nandeesh BN
J Neuroimaging 2020 May;30(3):359-369. Epub 2020 Feb 18 doi: 10.1111/jon.12696. PMID: 32072723
Application of polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of cerebral coenurosis in small ruminants.
Oryan A, Amrabadi O, Sharifiyazdi H, Moazeni M, Akbari M, Ghane M
Parasitol Res 2015 Oct;114(10):3741-6. Epub 2015 Jul 1 doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4603-z. PMID: 26122997
Pathology of CNS parasitic infections.
Pittella JE
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;114:65-88. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00005-4. PMID: 23829901

Diagnosis

Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities.
Tamarozzi F, Kibona T, de Glanville WA, Mappi T, Adonikamu E, Salewi A, Misso K, Maro V, Casulli A, Santoro A, Santolamazza F, Mmbaga BT, Cleaveland S
Parasit Vectors 2022 Oct 28;15(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x. PMID: 36307877Free PMC Article
Brain MRI Findings in Coenurosis: A Helminth Infection.
Kulanthaivelu K, Bhat MD, Prasad C, Srinivas D, Mhatre R, Nandeesh BN
J Neuroimaging 2020 May;30(3):359-369. Epub 2020 Feb 18 doi: 10.1111/jon.12696. PMID: 32072723
Other cestodes: sparganosis, coenurosis and Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis.
Lescano AG, Zunt J
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;114:335-45. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00027-3. PMID: 23829923Free PMC Article
Updates on morphobiology, epidemiology and molecular characterization of coenurosis in sheep.
Scala A, Varcasia A
Parassitologia 2006 Jun;48(1-2):61-3. PMID: 16881398
Human coenurosis in North America: case reports and review.
Ing MB, Schantz PM, Turner JA
Clin Infect Dis 1998 Sep;27(3):519-23. doi: 10.1086/514716. PMID: 9770151

Therapy

AIRP best cases in radiologic-pathologic correlation: human coenurosis (Taenia Larva).
Haitchi G, Buchroithner J, Sonnberger M, Weis S, Fellner FA
Radiographics 2012 Mar-Apr;32(2):517-21. doi: 10.1148/rg.322105230. PMID: 22411946
Human coenurosis in North America: case reports and review.
Ing MB, Schantz PM, Turner JA
Clin Infect Dis 1998 Sep;27(3):519-23. doi: 10.1086/514716. PMID: 9770151
Intraocular coenurosis: a case report.
Ibechukwu BI, Onwukeme KE
Br J Ophthalmol 1991 Jul;75(7):430-1. doi: 10.1136/bjo.75.7.430. PMID: 1854698Free PMC Article

Prognosis

First case of human neurocoenurosis caused by Taenia serialis: A case report.
Yamazawa E, Ohno M, Satomi K, Yoshida A, Miyakita Y, Takahashi M, Satomi N, Asanome T, Maeshima A, Shiotsuka M, Iwata S, Yamasaki H, Morishima Y, Sugiyama H, Narita Y
Int J Infect Dis 2020 Mar;92:171-174. Epub 2020 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.004. PMID: 31927059
Long-term follow-up of the surgical treatment of intracranial coenurosis.
Pau A, Perria C, Turtas S, Brambilla M, Viale G
Br J Neurosurg 1990;4(1):39-43. doi: 10.3109/02688699009000680. PMID: 2334526

Clinical prediction guides

Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities.
Tamarozzi F, Kibona T, de Glanville WA, Mappi T, Adonikamu E, Salewi A, Misso K, Maro V, Casulli A, Santoro A, Santolamazza F, Mmbaga BT, Cleaveland S
Parasit Vectors 2022 Oct 28;15(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x. PMID: 36307877Free PMC Article
Long-term follow-up of the surgical treatment of intracranial coenurosis.
Pau A, Perria C, Turtas S, Brambilla M, Viale G
Br J Neurosurg 1990;4(1):39-43. doi: 10.3109/02688699009000680. PMID: 2334526

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