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Cysticercosis
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Affiliation: Brooke Army Medical Center
ABSTRACT
Diagnosis: Cysticercosis History: A 35 year-old Hispanic female with no significant past medical history presented with new onset of seizures. Findings: CT and MR evaluation of the brain demonstrated multiple well-defined cystic lesions in the brain parenchyma and subarachnoid spaces. All lesions were approximately 1cm in size and several appeared to have a small internal nodule. Only one of the lesions (an intra-axial cyst in the frontal lobe) demonstrated any surrounding edema. Ddx: Septic Emboli Metastatic Disease Infection Multifocal GBM Dxhow: Radiologically confirmed. Exam: Hemodynamically stable. No focal neurological abnormalities. CBC, Chem7, LFTs, serum etOH and drug screen negative. No MeSH data available. |
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MPX1609_synpic19716: Sagittal T1 weighted image through the parafalcine brain demonstrates an additional cystic lesion along the high convexity that was not appreciated during CT evaluation. No surrounding edema is present, however, a soft tissue nodule is seen in the inferior aspect of the cyst. |
View Article: MedPix Image - MedPix Case
Affiliation: Brooke Army Medical Center
Diagnosis: Cysticercosis
History: A 35 year-old Hispanic female with no significant past medical history presented with new onset of seizures.
Findings: CT and MR evaluation of the brain demonstrated multiple well-defined cystic lesions in the brain parenchyma and subarachnoid spaces. All lesions were approximately 1cm in size and several appeared to have a small internal nodule. Only one of the lesions (an intra-axial cyst in the frontal lobe) demonstrated any surrounding edema.
Ddx: Septic Emboli Metastatic Disease Infection Multifocal GBM
Dxhow: Radiologically confirmed.
Exam: Hemodynamically stable. No focal neurological abnormalities. CBC, Chem7, LFTs, serum etOH and drug screen negative.
No MeSH data available.
