Short report: Neurocysticercosis in an Italian traveler to Latin America

Neurocysticercosis is rarely reported in short-term travelers, although the disease remains a major public health problem in tropical regions. We pres ent a case of neurocysticercosis that was probably acquired by ingestion of Taenia solium eggs contained in the stomach of a pig butchered by the trav eler. Complete clinical resolution was obtained by medical treatment, under lying the importance of early suspicion and diagnosis of the disease.