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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Parasites | Neurocysticercosis | 9A0 Case 9 History
Case 9 History ---- A 53-year-old man from Cape Verde presented following an acute onset of vertigo, nausea, and vomiting. His past medical history was notable for a brain lesion resected in his 20s, Hodgkin’s lymphoma treated with ABVD chemotherapy seven years earlier, and latent tuberculosis treated with nine months of anti-mycobacterial drugs. He had last visited Cape Verde two years earlier and had recently traveled to Mexico. HIV antibody, cysticercosis IgG, and tuberculosis interferon gamma were negative. Toxoplasma IgG antibody was positive. A 4-cm lobular, cystic, rim-enhancing lesion in the right hemisphere of the cerebellum was identified using MRI. (AANP Diagnostic Slide Session 2018 case #11)
