Intraventricular Taenia solium neurocysticercosis: a report of three cases.

Diagnosis of intraventricular cysticercosis by magnetic resonance imaging: improved detection with three-dimensional spoiled gradient recalled echo sequences.

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is caused when the cysticercus larvae of Taenia solium infect the central nervous system. The larvae usually land in the parenchymal tissue, but quite rarely can lodge in the ventricles and cisterns of the brain. Unlike parenchymal NCC, it is not easy to demonstrate the cysticercus cysts within the cerebrospinal fluid spaces. Computed tomography and even conventional MR...

Identification of a Taenia Tapeworm Carrier — Los Angeles County, 2014

Carriers of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, are the sole source of cysticercosis, a parasitic tissue infection. When tapeworm eggs excreted by the carrier are ingested, tapeworm larvae can form cysts. When cysts form in the brain, the condition is called neurocysticercosis and can be especially severe. In Los Angeles County an average of 136 county residents are hospitalized with neurocystice...

Pica causing neurocysticercosis in pregnancy presenting as eclampsia: a report of two cases.

Eclampsia of pregnancy is a multi system disorder,which is commonly suspected whenever a woman presents with the clinical picture of elevated B.P. and convulsions. Neurocysticercosis is a common parasitic infestation of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) and is common in India [1]. The patient presents with focal seizures, with or without loss of consci...

Assembling a framework for intensified control of taeniasis and neurocysticercosis caused by Taenia solium

Solitary neurocysticercosis case caused by Asian genotype of Taenia solium confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analysis.

A Japanese woman presenting with neurologic symptoms was presumptively diagnosed with neurocysticercosis based on imaging findings. Hooklets in the scolex of the resected lesion were not confirmed through histopathological observation. However, the illness was confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analysis to be a solitary neurocysticercosis case caused by the Asian genotype of Taenia solium.