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*Caused by ''Taenia solium''; pork tapeworm. | *Caused by ''Taenia solium''; pork tapeworm. | ||
*May cause [[epilepsy]]; most common parasitic CNS infection.<ref name=pmid19208982>{{cite journal |author=Prasad KN, Prasad A, Verma A, Singh AK |title=Human cysticercosis and Indian scenario: a review |journal=J. Biosci. |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=571–82 |year=2008 |month=November |pmid=19208982 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *May cause [[epilepsy]]; most common parasitic CNS infection.<ref name=pmid19208982>{{cite journal |author=Prasad KN, Prasad A, Verma A, Singh AK |title=Human cysticercosis and Indian scenario: a review |journal=J. Biosci. |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=571–82 |year=2008 |month=November |pmid=19208982 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Large ovoid body with complex structures - cross-section of worm - millimetres. | |||
**Histomorphology is not distinctive for the type... microbiology usually figures it out. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case154.html Neurocysticercosis (upmc.edu)]. | |||
==Rhinosporidiosis== | ==Rhinosporidiosis== | ||