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A 48 year old female presented with headache and an illusory sensation of spinning of head in respect to environment for last 8 weeks. Her head spinning or vertigo had no particular direction or not precipitated by any specific head posture. Headache is non- specific in nature and intensified in last few days.Her neurological examination revealed a central positional vertigo with horizontal gaze evoked nystagmus and ataxia. Her MRI scan brain showed the presence of a large solitary ring enhancing lesion in the left cerebellar hemisphere. The lesion was surgically excised and was examined histopathologicaliy that revealed a chronic inflammatory granuloma with caseation necrosis and multinucleated giant cells suggestive of tuberculosis.

A 12-year-old boy presented with three episodes of partial seizures with secondary generalization. On investigation, he was diagnosed as a case of neurocysticercosis of the left parietal lobe. He was treated with albendazole and phenytoin and was followed for the next eight years. Computerized tomography scan showed signs of resolution with no further seizure activity