27 February 2026
: Case report 
Two Cases of Neurocysticercosis in Indigenous Papuans: Diagnostic and Public Health Challenges
Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease
Ainrisq A. Rifai
ABCDEF 1, Ida B. Indrajaya BCD 2, Christine M. Budke ACDE 1*
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.951448
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e951448
Figure 1 MSCT showing multiple calcifications and vesicular lesions (Case 2)(A) Axial view: Multiple parenchymal vesicular lesions in the parietal lobe (white arrows) and a “hole-with-dot” sign indicating a scolex within a cyst (white circle). (B) Axial view: Scolex within a cystic lesion in the thalamus (white circle) and parenchymal calcification in the frontal lobe (white box). (C) Axial view: Rightward nasal septal deviation (8°) and a hypodense lesion in the right maxillary sinus consistent with sinusitis (asterisk); additional cystic lesion in the cerebellum (white circle). (D) Sagittal view: Scolex within a cyst in the frontal lobe (white circle) and a vesicular lesion in the adjacent parenchyma (white arrow).