TY - JOUR AR - SCR-2019-4-109 TI - A Case of Neurocysticercosis in Diyarbakir AU - Onder, Ozturk AU - Pinar AYDIN, OZTURK AU - Unal, Ozturk JO - Surgical Case Reports PY - 2019 DA - Thu 05, Sep 2019 SN - 2613-5965 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2019.04.09 UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/a-case-of-neurocysticercosis-in-diyarbakir_SCR-2019-4-109 KW - Neurocysticercosis, taenia solium, magnetic resonance imaging, paralysis AB - Neurocysticercosis is a major parasitic disease of the central nervous system, affecting endemic areas worldwide. It spreads through intermediary hosts, pigs and eventually men to his definitive host: humans. It causes lesions in the CNS which have different evolutive stages and can be asymptomatic or clinically evident. Imaging studies play an important role in the diagnosis of the disease and in its appropriate control