Neurocysticercosis - posterior fossa

Case contributed by G Balachandran , 12 Aug 2010

Diagnosis almost certain

Changed by Derek Smith, 13 Oct 2015

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~~A twenty nine years old male~~The patient was treated for ~~undiagnosed~~ undiagnosed hydrocephalus by a shunt tube. He continued to have symptoms. He had MRI with contrast agent. The posterior fossa was studded with ~~multiple~~ multiple ring enhancing lesions with a central dot. He also had tonsillar herniation and he died within few days of admission.

-<p>A twenty nine years old male was treated for undiagnosed hydrocephalus by a shunt tube. He continued to have symptoms. He had MRI with contrast agent. The posterior fossa was studded with  multiple ring enhancing lesions with a central dot. He also had tonsillar herniation and he died within few days of admission.</p>
+<p>The patient was treated for undiagnosed hydrocephalus by a shunt tube. He continued to have symptoms. He had MRI with contrast agent. The posterior fossa was studded with multiple ring enhancing lesions with a central dot. He also had tonsillar herniation and he died within few days of admission.</p>

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Multiple cerebellar ring enhancing lesions with central dot sign.

Ventricular shunt with decompressed ventricles, but evidence of brain stem herniation and loss of normal cerebellar signal.

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