title: Chronic long-standing headache due to neurocysticercosis.
abstract: A 35-year-old Chinese woman presented with a 26-year history of persistent headache, relieved only by diuretics. Characteristic CT findings, peripheral eosinophilia, lymphocytic CSF pleocytosis, elevated CSF IgG, positive oligoclonal bands, antibody-positive ELISA, and Western blot results with Taenia solium antigen, and a favorable response to albendazole led to the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis.
authors.affiliation: Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finsterer
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kartrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rasmkogeler
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Auer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors