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Human Cysticercosis: A Probable Case of Cerebral Cysticercosis with Generalized Subcutaneous Nodular Lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Z. Ali-Khan ,
S. Chayasirisobhon  and
M. Aubé
Z. Ali-Khan*
Affiliation:
Clinical Parasitology LaboratoryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Neurology, The Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Qué
S. Chayasirisobhon
Affiliation:
Clinical Parasitology LaboratoryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Neurology, The Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Qué
M. Aubé
Affiliation:
Clinical Parasitology LaboratoryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Neurology, The Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Qué
*
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, 3775 University St., Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4 Canada
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A case is reported in Montreal of human cysticercosis in a 44-year-old man who emigrated from Italy in 1956. Numerous subcutaneous nodules were found throughout his body. X-ray of his thighs and chest sho wed oblong calcific densities measuring 1 x 0.5 cm in size. Examination of an excised nodule from the right biceps revealed a cysticercus larva morphologically similar to Cysticercus cellulosae although the scolex lacked hooks. On the basis of the intensity of infection, focal and generalized epileptic seizures, changes in the CSF, and well demarcated lucencies observed in brain scan, cerebral cysticercosis was considered the most likely diagnosis.

Type
Case Report
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 371 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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