[Cerebral cysticercosis in the computer tomogram]

Cysticercosis cerebralis can occur as a parenchymatous, subarachnoidal, ventricular or mixed type. One further form can be identified besides these clearly defined types. X-ray morphology in the computer tomogram, as well as the histopathological findings, suggest that this special form may be designated as "vasculitis cysticercotica" or "encephalopathia inflammatorica cysticercotia". Our own results indicate that this disease is widespread among the populations in developing and threshold countries; in our own patient material (Northern Mexico), the rate of incidence was more than 9%.