Case Report: Disseminated Cysticercosis due to Intentional Ingestion of Parasitic Worm Eggs for Weight Loss

A 20-year-old female resident of Beijing intended to consume the eggs of the parasitic worm, Taenia saginata, for weight loss; however, she apparently inadvertently ingested Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) eggs, which resulted in disseminated cysticercosis. Cysticerci developed in the brain, tongue, m...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Han-Yu, Wang, Guo-Xing, Xing, Yue-Yan, Xie, Miao-Rong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34844206
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0760
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Wang, Guo-Xing
Xing, Yue-Yan
Xie, Miao-Rong
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description A 20-year-old female resident of Beijing intended to consume the eggs of the parasitic worm, Taenia saginata, for weight loss; however, she apparently inadvertently ingested Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) eggs, which resulted in disseminated cysticercosis. Cysticerci developed in the brain, tongue, muscles, liver, peritoneum, and subcutaneous tissues. She was administered oral albendazole and praziquantel. After four 10-day courses of treatment, most of the cysts disappeared and she recovered. After 3 years, the patient remains in good health.
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spelling pubmed-88328852022-02-26 Case Report: Disseminated Cysticercosis due to Intentional Ingestion of Parasitic Worm Eggs for Weight Loss Zhang, Han-Yu Wang, Guo-Xing Xing, Yue-Yan Xie, Miao-Rong Am J Trop Med Hyg Case Report A 20-year-old female resident of Beijing intended to consume the eggs of the parasitic worm, Taenia saginata, for weight loss; however, she apparently inadvertently ingested Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) eggs, which resulted in disseminated cysticercosis. Cysticerci developed in the brain, tongue, muscles, liver, peritoneum, and subcutaneous tissues. She was administered oral albendazole and praziquantel. After four 10-day courses of treatment, most of the cysts disappeared and she recovered. After 3 years, the patient remains in good health. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2022-02 2021-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8832885/ /pubmed/34844206 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0760 Text en © 2022 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Case Report: Disseminated Cysticercosis due to Intentional Ingestion of Parasitic Worm Eggs for Weight Loss
title_sort case report: disseminated cysticercosis due to intentional ingestion of parasitic worm eggs for weight loss
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0760
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