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Cysticercosis is a common problem world wide. However, disseminated cysticercosis is rare. Still rarer is asymptomatic disseminated cysticercosis. We are reporting here a rare case of asymptomatic disseminated cysticercosis which involved brain, face, orbit, lungs, heart, pancreas and spleen in a young Nigerian male, who sought medical attention for dysphagia which was diagnosed as achalasia ca...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Case Reports and Images
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0976-3198
DOI: 10.5348/100889z01em2018cl