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Neurocysticercosis: do not miss the eye
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  1. Deepanjan Bhattacharya1,2,
  2. Asim Ghosh1
  1. 1Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  2. 2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  1. Correspondence to Deepanjan Bhattacharya, b.deepanjan{at}yahoo.co.in

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227869

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    A 6-year-old girl presented with new-onset left focal seizures, and was started on valproate. There was no history of fever, headache, visual deficit and neurological examination was completely normal. Neuroimaging revealed ring enhancing lesion in the right parietal lobe. Ocular examination revealed visual acuity of 6/6 in both eyes, with no evidence of uveitis or other abnormality of the anterior segment. Fundus examination revealed hypopigmented area …

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    • Contributors DB: patient management, literature review and preparation of the initial draft of the manuscript. AG: clinician-in-charge, critical review of the manuscript for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.