RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Garieballa, S. S. A1 Hakam, A. M.YR 2008 T1 Neurocysticercosis Presenting with Psychiatric Manifestations JF Qatar Medical Journal, VO 2008 IS 2 OP SP 21 DO https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2008.2.21 PB Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), SN 2227-0426, AB Cysticercosis is the most common heliminth infection of the human central nervous system Epilepsy is the most common presentation and occurs in 50-85% of patients. Psychiatric manifestations in a form of depressive disorders, cognitive decline and psychosis have been reported frequently(2). A19-year-old Nepalese male presented with severe headache, seizures, fears and anxiety for one week. A CT scan of the brain showed small calcified lesion in the right deep temporal white matter without perifocal edema. This was considered suggestive of a healed inflammatory granuloma-neurocysticercus cyst. Treatment with a combination of albendazole dexamethazone, ranitidine, phenytoin, lorazepam and hydroxyzine resulted in a rapid recovery., UL https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/qmj.2008.2.21