What's your dx?
An 18-year-old man presented to the emergencydepartment with generalized tonic–clonic seizures. On physical examination, the patient was confused. He had swelling over the right eye and tenderness in the right testis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head showed numerous well-defined cystic lesions throughout the cerebral cortex. What is the diagnosis?
Dx:Neurocysticerosis. Rx: maintain body fluid, anti epileptic drug, corticosteroid, anthelmintic drug.
Neurocysticerosis ? He likely has a tapeworm infestation from eating undercooked pork
Could be neurocysticercosis, or it could be from triconosis parasites that have spread, if the symptoms had started recently and haven't always been there
Dx ;- Neurocysticercosis. This well defined cystic lesions "multiple cysticerci" are pathognomic + neurologic syndromes
