Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurocysticercosis

One handred and sixty-five patients (83 females, 82 males), ages ranging 4 to 70 years old with diagnosis of neurocysticercosis were examined in a 1.5 T magnet (Signa GE), using T1WI pre and post contrast and T2WI in axial coronal and sagittal planes. Parenchymal and ventricular lesions were found in 23 patients (14%). Meningeal lesions were found in nine patients (5.4%) and spinal lesions were found in one patient (0,6%). We conclude that MRI has an important role in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis and in the evolution of the disease with different stages. Intraventricular, subarachnoid and peripheric parenchymal lesions are better seen with magnetic resonance.