Neurocysticercosis

Author: Pediatric Oncall

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A 4-year-old girl born of non-consanguineous marriage presented with complaints of not flexing her left leg for 3 days. She was diagnosed as a case of neurocysticercosis 1 week ago when she had a left focal convulsion and a CT brain had shown a right high frontal ring-enhancing lesion with scolex and without any abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) finding. She was on treatment for the same with albendazole, carbamazepine, and steroids. She had received a DPT vaccine on the left thigh 3 days back.

What is the cause of her leg problem?

What is the cause of her leg problem?

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