Cerebral cysticercosis presenting as a ring enhancing lesion with partial seizures : a case report and review of literature

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-the right side, starting from the face, with aphasia lasting about 5 minutes.

He had postictal right supranuclear facial paresis.

The rest of the clinical examination and routine laboratory investigations were normal.

CT scan revealed a hypodense lesion in the left posterior frontal region, which showed ring enhancement on contrast ad-ministration, with surrounding oedema; there was no mid-line shift (Fig 1).

He was started on diphenylhydantoin