title: Acute neurocysticercosis presenting as suicidal ideation.
abstract: This is a case of a 36-year-old Spanish-speaking Hispanic man who was brought to a busy suburban New Jersey emergency department (ED) by family members for altered mental status. By report, patient was noted by family to be "not acting normal" at home, when he went into his bathroom and locked the door. A brief time thereafter, he emerged smelling of bleach and with confused speech. The family surmised that he tried to commit suicide by drinking bleach and emergently brought the patient to the ED.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Associates of NY and NJ, Emergency Medicine Education Director-Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Associates of NY and NJ, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vidas
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baday
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000506:poisoning; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite