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I am grateful to my thesis advisor Dr. Mehdi Mirakhorli. I could not have achieved this without his invaluable motivation, patience, and dedication to this work. I also thank Dr. Meiyappan Nagappan for serving on my thesis committee and his insightful comments and encouragement. Furthermore, I thank the rest of the department faculty and staff for their support through my study. I would like to express my gratitude to Joanna Cecilia for her active participation in this research work and for her knowledge and contribution for it. Also, I would like to thank my team member Raghuram Gopalakrishnan for assisting in conducting experiments for my research. Finally, I would like to thank the Iraqi High Committee of Education Development for the full scholarship to complete my Master study.

Cerebral larva migrans (CLM) is an uncommon and rarely diagnosed entity. We report here a histopathologically proven case of CLM in a 13 year-old girl, who presented with bilateral focal seizures, right hemiparesis, and lapsed into altered sensorium prior to admission. Her CT scan was suggestive of a granulomatous lesion which eventually turned out to be CLM (toxocariasis). Interestingly, the lesion recurred after excision, with a confusing clinical picture. Following the second surgery, the pathology was reconfirmed and cure was provided for the disease. There has been no further intracranial recurrence during the past ten years although she developed cutaneous lesions.

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