منابع مشابه
[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...
متن کاملOral cysticercosis.
Cysticercosis is a common disease in developing countries, but oral lesions caused by this parasitic infestation are rare. We report here a rare case of oral cysticercosis in a 17 year old male who sought treatment for an asymptomatic nodule of the lower lip that had previously been diagnosed as a mucocele.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internal and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1828-0447,1970-9366
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0552-4