RESUMEN

Neurocysticercosis is rarely reported in short-term travelers, although the disease remains a major public health problem in tropical regions. We present a case of neurocysticercosis that was probably acquired by ingestion of Taenia solium eggs contained in the stomach of a pig butchered by the traveler. Complete clinical resolution was obtained by medical treatment, underlying the importance of early suspicion and diagnosis of the disease.

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Parasitología de Alimentos , Neurocisticercosis/diagnóstico , Viaje , Adulto , Albendazol/uso terapéutico , Animales , Antihelmínticos/uso terapéutico , Encéfalo/patología , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Guatemala , Humanos , Italia/etnología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Carne/parasitología , Neurocisticercosis/etiología , Porcinos/parasitología , Taenia