Cysticercosis, MRI

Numéro d’image : 12636802
Cysticercosis, MRI
This axial (cross section) T1 weighted MR image of the head with contrast enhancement shows a cystic lesion in the temporal-occipital region of the brain on the viewers right. The cyst is dark and the surrounding low signal is the inflammatory edema. There is peripheral enhancement along the wall of the cyst compatible with active infection. The small nodule within the cyst is the scolex (head of the pork tapeworm). This is a lesion related to infection from eggs of the pork tapeworm (taenia solium). This is the most common parasitic infection worldwide. The are parenchymal and extra-parenchymal forms of this infection. Multiple, different stages of infection can be determined best by MRI.
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