The most commonly affected tissues in neurocysticercosis is –
Correct Answer: Brain
Description: Larvae penetrate the intestine -MC sites of deposition in- CNS (60-90%)> Eye > muscle. in CNS - subarchanoid >parenchymal Option 1, 2, 3, 4 Cysticercosis: Caused by T. solium (Pork tapeworm) Potentially dangerous systemic disease. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) NCC: MC parasitic CNS infection of man and MC cause of adult onset epilepsy in world. MC site: Sub-arachnoid space followed by parenchyma.
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