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Neurocysticercosis presenting as psychiatric illness

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Neurocysticercosis is a Common neuroparasitosis. Presentation with psychiatric symptoms is uncommon in neurocysticercosis. The present paper describes a patient who presented with mutism, neglect of personal care and incontinence in a psychiatric setting and investigations revealed diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. The case report highlights the possible misdiagnoses of a case of neurocysticercosis as psychiatric illness and mutism as an uncommon presentation of neurocysticercosis.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Dilshad Garden, PO Box 9520, 110095, Delhi, India

    Vivek Agarwal, Parvesh Kumar &  Rakesh K. Chadda (Additional Professor)

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Agarwal, V., Kumar, P. & Chadda, R.K. Neurocysticercosis presenting as psychiatric illness. Indian J Pediatr 68, 1073–1074 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722360

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