Neurocysticercosis presenting with acute and transient psychotic disorder: a case report

Neurocysticercercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by ingestion of eggs of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm.NCC presenting with psychiatricmanifestation is not uncommonand often causes diagnostic confusion.1Seizure is the most common presentation of the disease but it may present with features of raised ICP such as headache or even neuropsychiatric disorders suchas psychosis.2 We present a case report in which a patient of NCC presented initially with symptoms of acute and transient psychotic disorder followed by partial seizures.