Infection with Cysticercus cellulosae

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Abstract
CYSTICERCUS cellulosae, the systemic form of infection with the larvae of the pork tapeworm, is rarely diagnosed in this country.1 There are only sporadic reports of native-born persons who contracted the disease without having traveled abroad.2 , 3 However, with increasing world travel, the disease will be encountered with greater frequency.The following case illustrates the neurologic manifestations of C. cellulosae in a young Mexican immigrant, and the value of at least one course of treatment with a vermifuge despite persistently negative stool examinations.Case ReportE.M. (H.H. 163–265), a 28-year-old Mexican immigrant, was admitted to the Harbor General Hospital because . . .

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