9. A 23-year-old man who recently emigrated from Costa Rica is admitted to the emergency department with seizures. Findings on examination of his cerebrospinal fluid are within the reference range. A CT scan of the head shows numerous cortical lesions with calcifications; some have surrounding edema. The life cycle of the parasite causing these lesions involves A) the bite of a blackfly to human B) the bite of a mosquito to human C) the bite of a sandfly to human D) passage through cows E) passage through pigs explain it please!
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02/08/06 - 07:53 AM
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I think it is Neurocysticercosis and calcified cysts within the brain parenchima.Therefore-it would be E(passage through pigs in a lifecycle of a parasite)
