EXTENSIVELY DISSEMINATED CYSTICERCOSIS – CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Abstract

Cysticercosis is a known disease of the developing world and accounts for the majority of epilepsy cases in these nations. The disseminated form represents a rare presentation of the disease with neurocysticercosis being the most common. Patients may present with neurological complaints of seizures only with no clinical manifestations of muscular pseudohypertrophy or palpable subcutaneous nodules usually found in disseminated form falsely localizing disease to the central nervous system. This case report highlights the fact that despite its rarity a high index of suspicion for disseminated form should be kept in mind in endemic areas and warrants routine screening of all patients for multi-organ involvement who present with multiple lesions in brain parenchyma.