Abstract
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system (NS) in humans, where it is the leading cause of late-onset seizures in the endemic areas. Fortunately it is still rare in Bangladesh due to some religious binding in eating pork. Here we present a young man who came to us with Neurocysticercosis as the cause of recurrent seizure and various neurological manifestations. Keyword: Neurocysticercosis, Taenia solium, seizure. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v12i2.8425 JOM 2011; 12(2): 177-179
Highlights
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system (NS) in humans.[1]
Humans are definitive hosts and pigs are the intermediate host for Taenia solium (TS).[1,2]
People develop taeniasis after eating pork containing encysted larvae, which develop into tapeworms in the small bowel.[1]
Summary
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system (NS) in humans.[1]. Case Report: A 26-year-old Hindu young man from Tangail admitted in the medicine unit III of Dhaka Medical College Hospital with the complaints of recurrent seizure for last 2 months, headache for 20 days, irrelevant talk and emotional liability for last 7 days. On T2 weighted and FLAIR images, which showed a well-defined, thin, hyperintense capsule with marked perifocal edema in the left parietal lobe.
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