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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bharat K Jain
• Shilpa S Sankhe
• Mukta D Agrawal
• Prashant S Naphade

Titel

Disseminated cysticercosis with pulmonary and cardiac involvement

Ist Teil von

• The Indian journal of radiology & imaging, 2010-10, Vol.20 (4), p.310-313

Ort / Verlag

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Pulmonary and cardiac involvement by cysticercosis is extremely rare, and is usually asymptomatic. We report the case of a 19-year-old boy who presented with a history of headache and vomiting and was found to have disseminated cysticercosis with pulmonary and cardiac involvement; the emphasis is on the rare occurrence of pulmonary, cardiac, pancreatic, intraocular, and extradural spinal canal involvement in the same patient. This case demonstrates the extent to which cysticercosis can be disseminated.