What Is Neurocysticercosis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
10. How Are Neurocysticercosis and Cysticercosis Different?
Both infections are caused by the larval stages of T. solium. When an individual ingests the eggs of this tapeworm, the eggs embed themselves in tissues throughout the body. This can cause cysticercosis in muscle or eye tissues or neurocysticercosis if the eggs are embedded in brain tissue or the spinal cord.
The severity of symptoms of each depends on the number of cysticerci, or lesions, present. Cysticercosis has a few minor symptoms that aren’t as severe as neurocysticercosis. These symptoms may not even be noticed by an infected individual, but continuing to spread the T. solium eggs can result in more infections and cases of neurocysticercosis.
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