Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease

This case series emphasizes the role of USG in the diagnosis of isolated soft tissue cysticercosis. We assessed its value for identifying features such as the location of the cyst, the presence or absence of abscess, and the presence or absence of a scolex within the cyst. Three USG patterns were se...

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Autores principales: Naik, Deepti, Srinath, MG, Kumar, Ashok
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Musculoskeletal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76059
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Srinath, MG
Kumar, Ashok
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description This case series emphasizes the role of USG in the diagnosis of isolated soft tissue cysticercosis. We assessed its value for identifying features such as the location of the cyst, the presence or absence of abscess, and the presence or absence of a scolex within the cyst. Three USG patterns were seen and are described.
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spelling pubmed-30563742011-03-22 Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease Naik, Deepti Srinath, MG Kumar, Ashok Indian J Radiol Imaging Musculoskeletal This case series emphasizes the role of USG in the diagnosis of isolated soft tissue cysticercosis. We assessed its value for identifying features such as the location of the cyst, the presence or absence of abscess, and the presence or absence of a scolex within the cyst. Three USG patterns were seen and are described. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3056374/ /pubmed/21431036 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76059 Text en © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Musculoskeletal
Naik, Deepti
Srinath, MG
Kumar, Ashok
Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
title Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
title_full Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
title_fullStr Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
title_full_unstemmed Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
title_short Soft tissue cysticercosis - Ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
title_sort soft tissue cysticercosis - ultrasonographic spectrum of the disease
topic Musculoskeletal
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76059
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