An uncommon presentation of cysticercosis.
This is a report of a sudden death which turned out to be an unexpected case of neurocysticercosis. Most doctors nowadays expect cerebral cysticercosis to present with seizures and have forgotten its other clinical manifestations.
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Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D015030:Zimbabwe