neurocysticercosis

Neurocysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in the developing world and is an increasingly important health issue in the United States
Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system. Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the CNS. Tissue-invading larval forms of the pork tapeworm Taenia.Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system and is the main cause of acquired epilepsy.

cysticercosis, neurocystic sarcosis