منابع مشابه
Extensive disseminated cysticercosis.
To cite: Lin M-P, Chen Y-L, Tzeng W-S. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202807 DESCRIPTION We present the case of a 74-year-old patient who, as an adult, enjoyed eating uncooked pork and beef. Recently, he had suffered from a sudden onset of gait disturbance, memory loss and disturbance of consciousness. He was brought to the emergency departmen...
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A 23-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of headache, vomiting, recurrent episodes of syncope, weight gain, and leg pain. A physical examination revealed several subcutaneous nodules on the patient’s face and trunk. Exophthalmos, fundal hemorrhage, neck rigidity, and a hypertrophic appearance of the thigh and calf muscles were also noted. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head...
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I read with interest the well-illustrated report of disseminated cysticercosis in a Japanese international traveler by Kobayashi and others in the AJTMH. 1 I wish to compliment the authors on the accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment of this patient because previous experience suggests that clinical diagnosis of disseminated cysticercosis is seldom achieved even in endemic regions given the r...
متن کاملDisseminated cysticercosis.
An 18-year-old boy presented with headaches, vomiting, recurrent seizures, and altered sensorium.He had extensive muscle hypertrophy on examination. MRI revealed multiple cysts in different stages in brain parenchyma, scalp, extraocular muscles, neck, chest wall, abdominal wall, paraspinal, gluteal, pelvic, and limb muscles (figure). The patient received steroids and antiepileptic drugs and had...
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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: Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202807