Carolina Calderón Ochoa

Isolated midbrain neurocysticercosis presenting as trochlear nerve palsy

Background: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a neurological infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium . It can be found in the brain parenchyma or in the intraventricular and subarachnoid spaces and the spinal cord, giving rise to different clinical manifestat...