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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Research Letter

Autochthonous Neurocysticercosis Brain Lesions Mimicking Metastatic Disease, Spain

Elena Hernández-Sánchez, Paloma Monllor, Maria Gil-Fortuño, and Edelmira Guillamón
Author affiliation: Hospital de La Plana, Vila-real, Castellón, Spain

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Radiologic findings from a study of autochthonous neurocysticercosis brain lesions mimicking metastatic disease, Spain. A) Noncontrast head computed tomography demonstrating multiple intra-axial lesions with surrounding vasogenic edema. B) Axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging sequence with gadolinium showing multiple ring-enhancing lesions. C) Axial T2-FLAIR magnetic resonance imaging sequence revealing cystic lesions with internal nodular components suggestive of a scolex, surrounded by extensive edema.

Figure. Radiologic findings from a study of autochthonous neurocysticercosis brain lesions mimicking metastatic disease, Spain. A) Noncontrast head computed tomography demonstrating multiple intra-axial lesions with surrounding vasogenic edema. B) Axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging sequence with gadolinium showing multiple ring-enhancing lesions. C) Axial T2-FLAIR magnetic resonance imaging sequence revealing cystic lesions with internal nodular components suggestive of a scolex, surrounded by extensive edema.

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