New diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: Reliability and validity

The diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) remains problematic because of the heterogeneity of its clinical, immunological, and imaging characteristics. Our aim was to develop and assess a new set of diagnostic criteria for NCC, which might allow for the accurate detection of, and differentiation between, parenchymal and extraparenchymal disease.A group of Latin American NCC experts developed by consensus a new set of diagnostic criteria for NCC....