A 38-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department with Generalized

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Multiple Choice

A 38-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with generalized tonic-clonic seizures.  His wife states that he had a similar episode a month ago but did not seek medical attention.  The patient emigrated from Mexico several years ago and is HIV-negative.
On examination, he is lethargic but moves all extremities on command.  A CT scan of the head reveals several small cystic lesions in the cortex bilaterally as well as scattered focal areas of calcifications.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

• A)Cysticercosis
• B)Glioblastoma multiforme
• C)Metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumor
• D)Toxoplasmosis
• E)Tuberculosis

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