Neurocysticercosis

Case contributed by Utkarsh Kabra
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Seizures, headache

Patient Data

Age: 5 years
Gender: Male
mri

Focal lesion with cystic center, mural nodule (scolex)  and subtle perilesional edema in right parietal lobe; center of lesion is of CSF signal intensity on all pulse sequences; peripheral rim is isointense on T1 and mildly hypointense on T2 Weighted Scans.

Body of left hippocampus and collateral sulcus are abnormally vertically oriented. However, no obvious evidence of mesial temporal sclerosis is seen.

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