Imaging correlates of serum enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) positivity in patients with parenchymal neurocysticercosis: results from 521 patients.

In patients with pNCC, the presence of perilesional edema is associated with a higher probability of a positive EITB result in patients with CMNCC, suggesting a synchronicity in the mechanisms associated with formation of perilesional edema and the antibody response in this subtype. In patients with enhancing granulomas, edema is not an independent predictor of a positive EITB, suggesting that the enhancement itself is associated with a strong antibody response.