Table 3 Investigations and radiological profile of cases
Investigative and radiological profile | Case 1 (Fig. 1) | Case 2(Fig. 2) | Case 3 (Fig. 3) | Case 4 (Fig. 4) | Case 5 (Fig. 5) | Case 6 (Fig. 6) | Case 7 (Fig. 7) | Case 8 (Fig. 8) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of lesions | Multiple | Multiple | Multiple | Multiple | Single | Multiple | Single | Single |
Location of lesions | Parietal/occipital | Parietal | Parietal | Parietal/frontal | Occipital | Parieto-occipital/frontal | Parieto-occipital | Occipital |
Type of lesion (SDREL/SCREL/MREL) | MREL | MREL | SCREL/SDREL | SCREL/SDREL | SDREL | MREL | SDREL | SDREL |
Stage of lesion at diagnosis | Colloid vesicular | Granulo-nodular | Colloid vesicular | Calcified nodular/colloid vesicular | Vesicular nodular | Granulo-nodular | Colloidal vesicular | Colloidal vesicular |
Perilesional oedema | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
Follow-up neuroimaging done after how many months of diagnosis | 6Â months | 6Â months | 6Â months | Not done | Not done | Not done | Not done | Not done |
Finding on follow-up neuroimaging.(resolution with or without calcification; non-resolution with active lesion still persisting) | Resolution without calcification | Resolution with calcification | Resolution without calcification | Unknown | Imaging pending | Imaging pending | Imaging pending | Imaging pending |
Persistence of lesion with surrounding oedema after completion of cysticidal treatment and requiring a second course of the same | No | No | No | Unknown | Pending | Pending | Pending | Pending |
Intraretinal cysticercosis on orbital sonogram or fundoscopy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Evidence of cysticercosis outside CNS | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Evidence of taeniasis on stool examination | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Other test (MTX, CXR, HIV ELISA) | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA- negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA- negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA- negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA-negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA-negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA-negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA- negative | MTX-non-reactive/CXR-normal/HIV ELISA- negative |
MRS | not done | not done | not done | not done | not done | Absence of lipid peak, choline/Cr = 0.62, NAA peak seen | Absence of lipid peak, choline/Cr = 0.89, NAA peak seen | Absence of lipid peak, choline/Cr = 1.1, NAA peak seen |