title: Imaging in neurocysticercosis.
abstract: Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic neurological infection caused by the ingestion of larvae from the adult tapeworm Taenia solium. We describe a man who presented with generalised tonic-clonic seizures. He had been previously diagnosed with epilepsy in Malawi, where he had emigrated from 2 years before this episode. An MRI was performed to further investigate the cause of his seizures, as no previous imaging had been performed. His initial MRI showed multiple characteristic cystic lesions in keeping with neurocysticercosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Balraj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dhesi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Sumit J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Karia
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Naghme
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Adab
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Sujit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D013621:Taenia / Q000472:pathogenicity; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MRI; NEURORADIOLOGY