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To the Editor: Cysticerci of Taenia solium (parasites of the subclass Cestoda) evaginate in vitro^1,2 and in the human eye,^3,4 where the scolex, the anterior end of the organism, protrudes and reinvaginates and may change from a subretinal to a vitreous location.⁴ We report on a patient with an evaginated cysticercus in the fourth ventricle of the brain, discovered by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fortuitously performed precisely when the cysticercus evaginated. The cyst, its evaginated scolex, and minimal inflammation were seen in the ventricle (Figure 1).

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