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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> | ||
===Gross=== | |||
*Multiple cystic spaces. | |||
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*[http://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/neurocysticercosis Neurocysticercosis (medscape.com)]. | |||
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*[http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/imagelibrary/A-F/Cysticercosis/body_Cysticercosis_il1.htm Cysticercosis (cdc.gov)]. | |||
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/116340/enlarge Cysticercosis (sciencephoto.com)]. | |||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case154.html Neurocysticercosis - case 1 (upmc.edu)]. | *[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case154.html Neurocysticercosis - case 1 (upmc.edu)]. | ||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case376.html Neurocysticercosis - case 2 (upmc.edu)]. | *[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case376.html Neurocysticercosis - case 2 (upmc.edu)]. |
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