TY - JOUR T1 - Cysticercal encephalitis with cortical blindness JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.05.2009.1837 VL - 2010 SP - bcr0520091837 AU - Rajniti Prasad AU - Neha Thakur AU - C Mohanty AU - M K Singh AU - O P Mishra AU - Utpal Kant Singh Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.05.2009.1837.abstract N2 - The authors report a 6-year-old boy, who had presented with low-grade fever, altered sensorium, headache and seizure for 5 days. On examination, he had features of raised intracranial pressure with left VI cranial-nerve palsy and bilateral extensor plantar response. CT scan showed multiple calcifications in cerebral cortex. MRI cranium showed multiple cysts involving whole of the brain. He was diagnosed as having cysticercal encephalitis, based on immunological and imaging study. He was managed with 20% mannitol, phenytoin and albendazole, and regained consciousness 7 days later, but had residual neurological deficit as left-lower-limb monoparesis and visual acuity of just projection of rays (PR+) and perception of light (PL+). ER -