Lab tests: Routine screening of family members of children with NCC is not recommended. If at all screening is performed, fecal testing of the family for ova/cyst can be done. The use of serological tests for diagnosis and clinical decision making in children with NCC is not recommended. Radiological tests: The MRI need not be done following CT in the following situations - The CT conclusively demonstrates the presence of a scolex within the cyst In the absence of demonstration of scolex – If a solitary cystic/ring-enhancing lesion has all other typical sizes, shape, and location characteristics of NCC Multiple lesions in different stages are present, including some cystic or ring enhancing or calcified MRI should be considered after CT in the following situations – Atypical imaging features (conglomerate lesions, subarachnoid or intraventricular lesions) along with the absence of scolex CT features create suspicion of intraventricular, subarachnoid, or intraspinal NCC Atypical clin
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