Infection with T solium can be asymptomatic, or lead to subcutaneous lumps, or enter the central nervous system.

In tissues, can cause muscle pseudohypertrophy, can enter the eye, can cause conduction defects.

In the brain, acute encephalitis, pseudotumour with raised intracranial pressure, dementia/psychosis, chronic meningitis and neuropathies, spinal cord compression.

Finding T solium in the stool has low sensitivity/specificity. CSF may show eosinophils but may be normal. Imaging shows rings or blobs, can look like TB. Can be calcified, doesn’t necessarily mean dead!

Treat with albendazole or praziquantel. Immune reactions to treatment can be severe (raised ICP).