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Overview
Cysticercosis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause brain lesions and ocular lesions.
| Disease | Prominent clinical feature | Lab findings | Radiological findings |
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| Neurocysticercosis |
Seizures are the most common presentation. It is mostly focal but can have a secondary generalization. |
Lab findings are nonspecific. | |
| Brain abscess |
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Contrast enhances CT provides rapid assessment of the size and number of the abscesses.
MRI: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI can differentiate brain abscess from cystic brain lesions with sensitivity and specificity of 96% (3) |
| Brain tumors | |||
| Brain tuberculoma | |||
| Neurosarcoidosis | |||
| Encephalitis |