The recent report on ptosis and cysticercosis is very interesting (Labh et al, 2013). The authors mentioned that that was a rare presentation of cysticercosis and also noted that “extraocular cysticercosis could be treated with oral steroid and albendazole”. Indeed, cysticercosis is a tissue infection and can be seen at any organ including the eyes. The ocular presentation of cysticercosis is n...

Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by Taenia solium, and occurs worldwide but endemic to countries in Central South America, Africa various parts of Asia. Outside areas, common presentations included central nervous system infections rarely muscle infections. We present case report 32-year-old man presenting with soft tissue lesion his left trapezius muscle. The was imaged MRI suspec...

OBJECTIVE To describe the sonographic appearances of cysticercosis. METHODS Sonography was performed with both convex and linear array transducers in 4 patients with different symptoms. RESULTS In 2 patients, an intramuscular fluid collection was seen with a cysticercus cyst in it. In 1 patient, an irregular cyst with a small fluid collection on 1 side was seen. In the last patient, multipl...

Isolated Myocysticercosis Beuy Joob1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2 1Sanitation, Medical Academic Center, Bangkok Thailand; 2Visiting Professor, Hainan Medical University, China Sir D Editor, the article on “isolated m y o c y s t i c e r c o s i s ” i s v e r y interesting.1 Vignesh et al. noted that “most muscular cysticercosis are almost always associated with central nervous system involvement or with ...

the application of laser in dentistry is considered as a favorable technique for patients due to its many advantages compare to other current methods. one of the main goals in pediatric dentistry is to provide the treatment as comfortable as possible without any risks for the care. laser is being used in different pediatric dental conditions including caries detection, caries removal and cavity...

Cysticercosis refers to infection of tissues after exposure of eggs of pork tapeworm Taenia solium. The authors report a rare case of a solitary intraoral cysticercosis in a thirty-four year female who presented with a mass in the left buccal mucosa of two months duration. The attending dentist could not have an impression of the lesion and sent for ultrasonography. The ultrasonographic report ...