Cysticercosis (ie, infection caused by eggs of the pork tapeworm) is an increasingly common medical problem in the United States, ...ForYouNews&PerspectiveDrugs&DiseasesCME&EducationAcademyVideoDecisionPointEdition:ENGLISHDEUTSCHESPAÑOLFRANÇAISPORTUGUÊSLogInSignUpIt'sFree!Edition:ENGLISHDEUTSCHESPAÑOLFRANÇAISPORTUGUÊSRegisterLogInNoResultsNoResultsForYouNews&PerspectiveDrugs&DiseasesCME&EducationAcademyVideoDecisionPointclosePleaseconfirmthatyouwouldliketologoutofMedscape.Ifyoulogout,youwillberequiredtoenteryourusernameandpasswordthenexttimeyouvisit.LogoutCancelhttps://profreg.medscape.com/px/getpracticeprofile.do?method=getProfessionalProfile&urlCache=aHR0cDovL2VtZWRpY2luZS5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS8yMTU1ODktb3ZlcnZpZXc=processing....Drugs&Diseases>InfectiousDiseasesCysticercosis(PorkTapewormInfection)Updated:Jul03,2019Author:JosephAdrianLBuensalido,MD;ChiefEditor:PranatharthiHaranChandrasekar,MBBS,MD more...ShareEmailPrintFeedbackCloseFacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppSectionsCysticercosis(PorkTapewormInfection)SectionsCysticercosis(PorkTapewormInfection)OverviewBackgroundPathophysiologyEpidemiologyPrognosisPatientEducationShowAllPresentationHistoryPhysicalCausesComplicationsShowAllDDxWorkupApproachConsiderationsLaboratoryStudiesImagingStudiesOtherTestsProceduresHistologicFindingsShowAllTreatmentMedicalCareSurgicalCareConsultationsDietActivityPreventionLong-TermMonitoringFurtherInpatientCareInpatient&OutpatientMedicationsTransferShowAllMedicationMedicationSummaryAnticonvulsantsCorticosteroidsAntiparasitics/anthelminthicShowAllReferencesOverviewBackgroundCysticercosisisanincreasinglycommonmedicalproblemintheUnitedStates,especiallyintheSouthwestandotherareaswherelargepopulationsmigratedfromendemicareasandamongpopulationsthatoftentraveltotheseareas.Cysticercosisisatissueinfectionwiththecysticercus,orlarval,stageofTaeniasolium(porktapeworm)thatresultsfromingestionofTsoliumeggs.TheclinicalsyndromescausedbyTsoliumarecategorizedaseithercysticercosis(cystsinvarioustissuesi