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Multiple lesions on CT brain scan: tuberculosis or neurocysticercosis?
1 Department of Community Health , Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, 632002, India
2 Department of Paediatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632002, India
3 Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
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An 8-year-old girl with miliary tuberculosis, receiving appropriate treatment, presented with clinical features suggestive of increased intracranial pressure. She tested positive with the highly sensitive and specific1 enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay for cysticercosis.
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