{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7212357566","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","title":"Histopathologically Compatible Neurocysticercosis Mimicking an Intracranial Tumor in a Child","display_name":"Histopathologically Compatible Neurocysticercosis Mimicking an Intracranial Tumor in a Child","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-09-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7212357566","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42974520","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/13726767"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S55852872","display_name":"Iranian Journal of Parasitology","issn_l":"1735-7020","issn":["1735-7020","2008-238X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-c","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319141","host_organization_name":"Tehran University of Medical Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319141"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Tehran University of Medical Sciences"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Iranian Journal of Parasitology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043204179","display_name":"Sevgi Aslan Tuncay","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-0316","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-0316"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74897591","display_name":"Marmara University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kswqa67","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sevgi Aslan Tuncay","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087318892","display_name":"Zeynep Ergen\u00e7","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-6489","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-6489"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165862685","display_name":"St George's, University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/040f08y74","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I165862685","https://openalex.org/I4401726869"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zeynep Ergenc","raw_affiliation_strings":["St George's Vaccine Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"St George's Vaccine Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165862685"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079127326","display_name":"Seyhan Y\u0131lmaz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-0721","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-0721"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74897591","display_name":"Marmara University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kswqa67","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Seyhan Yilmaz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071222572","display_name":"Burcu Parlak","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-8761","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-8761"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210108009","display_name":"Haseki E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesi","ror":"https://ror.org/010q6ek40","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210108009"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Burcu Parlak","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210108009"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012796715","display_name":"P\u0131nar Canizci Erdemli","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-3173","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-3173"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74897591","display_name":"Marmara University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kswqa67","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pinar Canizci Erdemli","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101687462","display_name":"Aylin Dizi I\u015f\u0131k","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-3706","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-3706"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104100","display_name":"Dr L\u00fctfi K\u0131rdar Kartal E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesi","ror":"https://ror.org/01c2wzp81","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aylin Dizi Isik","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003123783","display_name":"Adnan Da\u011f\u00e7\u0131nar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9532-7820","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9532-7820"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74897591","display_name":"Marmara University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kswqa67","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adnan Dagcinar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020069795","display_name":"Eda Kepenekli","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1886-5224","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1886-5224"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104933","display_name":"Biruni University","ror":"https://ror.org/01nkhmn89","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eda Kepenekli","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5043204179"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74897591"],"apc_list":{"value":250,"currency":"USD","value_usd":250},"apc_paid":{"value":250,"currency":"USD","value_usd":250},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.64653419,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"21","issue":"3","first_page":"409","last_page":"413"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11154","display_name":"Parasitic infections in humans and animals","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2405","display_name":"Parasitology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/24","display_name":"Immunology and Microbiology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11154","display_name":"Parasitic infections in humans and animals","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2405","display_name":"Parasitology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/24","display_name":"Immunology and Microbiology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11086","display_name":"Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2405","display_name":"Parasitology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/24","display_name":"Immunology and Microbiology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12234","display_name":"Mollusks and Parasites Studies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1103","display_name":"Animal Science and Zoology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neurocysticercosis","display_name":"neurocysticercosis","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/differential-diagnosis","display_name":"differential diagnosis","score":0.6850000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/histopathological-diagnosis","display_name":"histopathological diagnosis","score":0.847000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vasogenic-edema","display_name":"vasogenic edema","score":0.6959999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/albendazole","display_name":"albendazole","score":0.5860000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/non-endemic-area","display_name":"non-endemic region","score":0.5090000033378601}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780449708","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11695458","display_name":"Neurocysticercosis","level":2,"score":0.9634000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.7527999877929688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.7465000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780801072","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837512","display_name":"Differential diagnosis","level":2,"score":0.7335000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781156865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827023","display_name":"Lesion","level":2,"score":0.614300012588501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58693492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551875","display_name":"Neuroimaging","level":2,"score":0.5663999915122986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207886595","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1456138","display_name":"Pathological","level":2,"score":0.5343000292778015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777065887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411629","display_name":"Albendazole","level":2,"score":0.4526999890804291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779399171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1483951","display_name":"Malignancy","level":2,"score":0.4327000081539154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101070640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3737215","display_name":"Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery","level":3,"score":0.42640000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143409427","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161238","display_name":"Magnetic resonance imaging","level":2,"score":0.4097999930381775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.3856000006198883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776236688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141440","display_name":"Brain abscess","level":3,"score":0.3691999912261963},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779130545","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233309","display_name":"Brain tumor","level":2,"score":0.36469998955726624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529278444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47273","display_name":"Central nervous system","level":2,"score":0.3327000141143799},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776429142","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620189","display_name":"Brain biopsy","level":3,"score":0.3222000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777682930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1531490","display_name":"Gliosis","level":2,"score":0.3086000084877014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778056992","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q246068","display_name":"Cysticercosis","level":2,"score":0.2867000102996826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777035434","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164655","display_name":"Abscess","level":2,"score":0.28139999508857727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779281540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5062122","display_name":"Central nervous system disease","level":2,"score":0.2777000069618225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781026528","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48143","display_name":"Meningitis","level":2,"score":0.2770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780301010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1601794","display_name":"Parasitic disease","level":3,"score":0.27230000495910645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2911202600","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565708","display_name":"Taenia solium","level":3,"score":0.2721000015735626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780140890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129338","display_name":"Granuloma","level":2,"score":0.2669000029563904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779726973","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578994","display_name":"Helminthiasis","level":2,"score":0.25690001249313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544855455","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070952","display_name":"Histopathology","level":2,"score":0.25290000438690186}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S55852872","display_name":"Iranian Journal of Parasitology","issn_l":"1735-7020","issn":["1735-7020","2008-238X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-c","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319141","host_organization_name":"Tehran University of Medical Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319141"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Tehran University of Medical Sciences"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Iranian Journal of Parasitology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:13726767","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13726767/","pdf_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13726767/pdf/IJPA-21-409.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Iran J Parasitol","raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmid:42974520","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42974520","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Iranian journal of parasitology","raw_type":"Case Reports"},{"id":"pmh:oai:openaccess.sgul.ac.uk:118994","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","pdf_url":"https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/118994/1/text.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400552","display_name":"St George's Online Research Archive (St George's University of London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I165862685","host_organization_name":"St George's, University of London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165862685"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v21i3.22599","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S55852872","display_name":"Iranian Journal of Parasitology","issn_l":"1735-7020","issn":["1735-7020","2008-238X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-c","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319141","host_organization_name":"Tehran University of Medical Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319141"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Tehran University of Medical Sciences"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Iranian Journal of Parasitology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/case-report","display_name":"Case Report"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7212357566.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7212357566.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2005758769","https://openalex.org/W2014525727","https://openalex.org/W2402573247","https://openalex.org/W2009861923","https://openalex.org/W2011019220","https://openalex.org/W2399496540","https://openalex.org/W2011553138","https://openalex.org/W2592089752","https://openalex.org/W4389463019","https://openalex.org/W7166552826"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Neurocysticercosis":[0],"is":[1,199],"the":[2,8,93,135,167,175,183,197],"most":[3],"common":[4],"parasitic":[5,90,116],"infection":[6],"of":[7,130,150,165,177,186],"central":[9],"nervous":[10],"system":[11],"and":[12,41,61,73,77,89,101,126,147,160,169,212],"may":[13,204],"mimic":[14],"neoplastic,":[15],"infectious,":[16],"or":[17],"granulomatous":[18,87],"lesions,":[19],"particularly":[20],"in":[21,182,191,194],"non-endemic":[22],"settings.":[23],"Diagnosis":[24],"can":[25],"be":[26,97,107,205,215],"challenging":[27],"when":[28,207],"characteristic":[29],"radiological":[30],"findings":[31,209],"are":[32,210],"absent.":[33],"An":[34],"11-year-old":[35],"boy":[36],"presented":[37],"with":[38,57,120],"persistent":[39],"headache":[40],"dizziness.":[42],"Brain":[43],"magnetic":[44],"resonance":[45],"imaging":[46],"(MRI)":[47],"demonstrated":[48,115,163],"a":[49,131,138,148],"6":[50],"\u00d7":[51],"8":[52],"mm":[53],"right":[54],"temporal":[55],"lesion":[56,67,94,168],"ring-like":[58],"peripheral":[59],"enhancement":[60],"marked":[62],"surrounding":[63,170],"vasogenic":[64],"edema.":[65,171],"The":[66,80,155],"appeared":[68],"hypointense":[69],"on":[70,75],"T1-weighted":[71],"sequences":[72],"hyperintense":[74],"T2-weighted":[76],"FLAIR":[78],"images.":[79],"differential":[81,184],"diagnosis":[82,185],"included":[83],"neoplasm,":[84],"bacterial":[85],"abscess,":[86],"infection,":[88],"disease.":[91],"Because":[92],"could":[95,105],"not":[96,106],"reliably":[98],"characterized":[99],"noninvasively":[100],"an":[102],"intracranial":[103],"tumor":[104],"excluded,":[108],"neurosurgical":[109],"excision":[110],"was":[111],"performed.":[112],"Histopathological":[113,202],"examination":[114],"structures":[117,128],"morphologically":[118],"compatible":[119],"cysticercosis,":[121],"including":[122],"PAS-positive":[123],"tegumental":[124],"components":[125],"sucker-like":[127],"suggestive":[129],"cestode":[132],"larva.":[133],"Following":[134],"pathological":[136],"diagnosis,":[137],"detailed":[139],"epidemiological":[140],"history":[141,149],"revealed":[142],"chronic":[143],"intermittent":[144],"gastrointestinal":[145],"complaints":[146],"antiparasitic":[151],"treatment":[152],"among":[153],"siblings.":[154],"patient":[156],"received":[157],"albendazole":[158],"therapy,":[159],"follow-up":[161],"neuroimaging":[162,208],"regression":[164],"both":[166],"This":[172],"case":[173],"highlights":[174],"importance":[176],"considering":[178],"histopathologically":[179],"suspected":[180],"neurocysticercosis":[181],"solitary":[187],"enhancing":[188],"brain":[189],"lesions":[190],"children,":[192],"even":[193],"regions":[195],"where":[196],"disease":[198],"considered":[200],"uncommon.":[201],"evaluation":[203],"required":[206],"non-specific":[211],"malignancy":[213],"cannot":[214],"excluded.":[216]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-06T12:05:46.655746","created_date":"2026-09-13T00:00:00"}