Death can occur suddenly.
Extracerebral cysticercosis can cause ocular, cardiac, or spinal lesions with associated symptoms. Asymptomatic subcutaneous nodules and calcified intramuscular nodules can be encountered. The definitive diagnosis consists of demonstrating the cysticercus in the tissue involved. Demonstration of Taenia solium eggs and proglottids in the feces diagnoses taeniasis and not cysticercosis. While suggestive, it does not necessarily prove that cysticercosis is present.