Acute neurocysticercosis presenting as suicidal ideation

This is a case of a 36-year-old Spanish-speaking Hispanic man who was brought to a busy suburban New Jersey emergency department (ED) by family members for altered mental status. By report, patient was noted by family to be "not acting normal" at home, when he went into his bathroom and locked the door. A brief time thereafter, he emerged smelling of bleach and with confused speech. The family surmised that he tried to commit suicide by drinking bleach and emergently brought the patient to the ED.