title: A new plain film finding in cysticercosis.
abstract: Lytic lesions of the skull due to cysticercosis are described. Encysted larvae in the subarachnoid space eroded the inner table of the skull in a 10-year-old Guatemalan male. In an area with endemic cysticercosis infections, this diagnosis should be considered when round, lytic defects are demonstrated in a skull radiograph.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Haughton
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*