منابع مشابه
Epilepsy is not caused by cysticercosis in The Gambia.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether epilepsy is caused by Taenia solium cysticercosis in The Gambia. METHODS Case-control study testing samples collected from 210 people with epilepsy and 420 matched controls by sex and age +/-5 years from 69 different places around the country during the period October 2008-March 2009. All serum samples were subjected to an antigen detection ELISA (Ag-ELISA) and ...
متن کامل[Lingual cysticercosis].
A fourtyfive year old male presented with a painless solitary nodular swelling near left lateral border of the tongue of two months duration. Fine needle aspiration cytology lead to no conclusion. Excisional biopsy was done. Histopathology revealed Cysticercosis cellulosae and the parasite could be visualised in the slide along with the tongue muscles.
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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...
متن کاملDisseminated Cysticercosis
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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Lung India
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0970-2113
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.180977