Define Kernig sign b.    Define Babinsky reflex c.    In what organs are these cysts usually found? d.     How was the infection acquired?

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A 7 years old Italian-born female fell, unconscious, but recovered quickly.  This was followed by a week of vomiting.  One month later she developed headaches, intermittent drowsiness, and convulsions.  She presented to an Emergency Room, where physical examination showed neck stiffness, hyperactive knee jerks, a positive Kernig sign and a Babinski reflex.  The patient went into a deep coma with occasional involuntary motions.  She died two days later.

 At autopsy, a 250 gram, 5 by 10 cm white-walled cyst (arrow) bulged out of the cerebrum...


a.    Define Kernig sign

b.    Define Babinsky reflex

c.    In what organs are these cysts usually found?

d.     How was the infection acquired?

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