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Cysticercus of 60-Milliliter Volume in Human Brain^*

Jonathan D. Berman, Paul C. Beaver, A. W. Cheever AND E. A. Quindlen

A cerebral cyst 5 cm in diameter and 60 ml in volume was found to be as large as a racemose cysticercus. Because this cyst bore necrotic remnants of a scolex and its hooks, it was presumed to be a cysticercus of Taenia solium. This case demonstrates that in contrast with the usual presentation of cerebral cysticercosis, cysts of the Taenia solium type can be very large, and when such a large cyst is encountered, a special search should be made for evidence of a scolex.

Accepted for publication December 15, 1980.

^* Supported in part by grant no. AI 04919 from the NIAID, National Institutes of Health.

Present address: Department of Parasitology, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012.

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