Disseminated cysticercosis: a case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Cysticercosis is a common tropical disease. One of the uncommon manifestations of cysticercosis is its disseminated form. CASE PRESENTATION: We report an immunocompetent patient with disseminated cysticercosis, who had involvement of the brain, subcutaneous tissues, skeletal muscles, r...

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Autores principales: Bhalla, Ashish, Sood, Ashwani, Sachdev, Atul, Varma, Vandna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18447915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-137
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Cysticercosis is a common tropical disease. One of the uncommon manifestations of cysticercosis is its disseminated form. CASE PRESENTATION: We report an immunocompetent patient with disseminated cysticercosis, who had involvement of the brain, subcutaneous tissues, skeletal muscles, right orbit and thyroid gland. In addition, this patient developed a serum sickness which responded to therapy. CONCLUSION: Wide spread dissemination is a rare complication of cysticercosis. A planned approach to therapy is required.

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