title: Cysticercosis headache: an important differential of childhood headache disorder in endemic countries.
abstract: Neurocysticercosis is a common pediatric central nervous system (CNS) disease in endemic areas, presenting usually with seizures but has pleomorphic manifestations, including migraine-like secondary headache. We herein report a pediatric patient with tension-type headache as the sole presenting feature of single cysticercus granuloma.
authors.forename: Devendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013621:Taenia; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*