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Starry sky appearance
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute Of Medical Education And Research, Chandigarh, India
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Dr K S Sodhi
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India; sodhiks@rediffmail.com
Keywords: neurocysticerosis
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A 18 year old woman presented with a two month history of headache and two episodes of seizures in the past. On examination, she was afebrile, had no focal signs and no neurological deficit.
Computed tomography showed multiple intracranial hyperdense focii (calcifications), seen diffusedly distributed in both the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres (fig 1
). No evidence of any perilesional oedema or midline shift was seen. These widespread intra-parenchymal calcifications, giving a starry sky appearance on computed tomography are consistent with a diagnosis of neurocysticerosis.
[in a new window] Figure 1 Computed tomography shows multiple intracranial calcifications, in both the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres.
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