title: Neurocysticercosis on 18F-FDG PET/MRI: co-registered Images.
abstract: This is a case of a 32-year-old female patient who presented with new onset partial complex seizures. MRI of the brain demonstrated a suspicious ring-enhancing lesion in the right temporal lobe. This finding was felt to be a primary brain malignancy or less likely an infectious process. (18)F-FDG PET of the brain was able to exclude malignancy and provided evidence to support neurocysticercosis in the mesial temporal lobe as the cause for the patient's seizures. Neurocysticercosis is a neurologic infection caused by Taenia solium. It is rare in the United States and difficult to diagnose.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging, Oakland University William Beaumont Health Systems, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jolepalem
authors.forename: Ching-Yee Oliver
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18