Border zone brain lesions due to neurotrichinosis

Abstract

Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that, due to variable clinical syndromes, is often underrecognized. We present the case of a patient with eosinophilia, focal neurological signs and multiple bilateral brain lesions, distributed mainly in the border zones. The diagnostic workup revealed neurotrichinosis, which should be suspected even without a clear history of consumption of poorly cooked meat.

Keywords

• Neurotrichinosis
• Border zone cerebral lesions
• MRI