title: Asymptomatic Giant Intraventricular Cysticercosis: A Case Report.
abstract: Neurocysticercosis is a growing health problem in the United States and worldwide. Diagnosis and treatment is challenging especially if the physician is not familiar with this condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that neurocysticercosis affects 50 million people worldwide, especially in developing countries and causes approximately 50,000 deaths annually.1 Neurocysticercosis is of emerging importance in the United States especially in Hawai'i because of immigration from disease-endemic regions.2 We present a case of a young Chinese immigrant male who presented with impressive imaging studies of a giant intraventricular neurocysticercosis. This case emphasizes the importance of recognizing neurocysticercosis, especially in the immigrant population.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, HI (OT, SW, CT).
authors.forename: Ornusa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Teerasukjinda
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, HI (OT, SW, CT).
authors.forename: Suwarat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wongjittraporn
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, HI (OT, SW, CT).
authors.forename: Chawat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tongma
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, HI (OT, SW, CT).
authors.forename: Heath
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Case report; Cysticercosis; Intraventricular cystic brain lesion; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium