Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
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Cysticercosis of soft tissue.
Cysticercosis is a systemic illness caused by dissemination of the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. A high prevalence has been reported from the developing countries because of the co-existence of poor sanitary conditions and domestic pig raising. Human cysticercosis occurs when eggs are ingested via faecal-oral transmission from a tapeworm host. The human then becomes an accide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0971-3026
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.76059