Neurocysticercosis Without Risk Factors

Abstract

Two unusual cases of cysticercosis in children, ages 6 and 3 years, without risk factors or infected contacts, and five additional cases in children <2 years, are reported from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL; University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center; Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago; and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Keywords

• neurocysticercosis
• subcutaneous swelling
• antiparasitic therapy