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To the Editor: In his discussion of the differential diagnosis of Case 26-1996 (Aug. 22 issue),¹ Gorlin states that "neurocysticercosis (infection with tapeworm after the ingestion of raw pork) should be considered, despite the parents' statement that the boy had not eaten raw meat." The concept that neurocysticercosis is acquired through the ingestion of raw pork is erroneous and frequently leads many physicians away from the diagnosis in the absence of this history. Ingestion of raw or poorly cooked pork results only in intestinal infection with the adult Taenia solium tapeworm, not in neurocysticercosis.² Neurocysticercosis is defined as infection with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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