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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1082-1083.

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Denouement and Comment: Neurocysticercosis

The 1-cm focal hypodensity in the left frontal lobe with rim enhancement and associated zone of vasogenic edema shown in Figure 1 and the left frontal cystic lesion with a thick rim of surrounding enhancement and surrounding vasogenic edema shown in Figure 2 are characteristic of a degenerating parenchymal cysticercus; Figure 2 also shows a punctate area of central high signal, likely representing the scolex of a parasite. Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system and the leading cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide.¹ The causative pathogen, Taenia solium, is harbored by an estimated 20 million people, most of whom live in Mexico, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. Though most prevalent in these areas, increased rates of travel and immigration have made neurocysticercosis more common in developed nations. It is an emerging infectious disease in the United States, where approximately 1000 new . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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