ABSTRACT
To study the computerized tomographic [CT] and Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] findings in seven Kuwaiti patients with neurocysticercosis. Material and The study population composed of seven Kuwaiti patients aged 3-44 years presented with seizures. The CT and MR imaging findings suggested neurocysticercosis. Serology [n = 2], histology [n = 2] and p resence of scolex on neuroimaging studies [n = 3], in addition, close contact with a carrier of neurocysticercosis further confirmed the diagnosis. CT and MRI depicted all lesions successfully. The lesions involved the brain parenchyma. There was no involvement of the cerebral ventricles, cisterns or brain stem. All patients, except one, had only one lesion and all were in the colloid vesicular stage. No calcification was noted. Neurocysticercosis is increasingly diagnosed in Kuwait. CT and MRI play an important role in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. Ring enhancing lesion with adjacent white matter edema was the dominant neuroimaging finding in our study. Neurocysticercosis should be an important differential diagnosis among Kuwaiti patients who have CT or MRI brain study showing ring-enhancing lesions