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| Year : 2010 |
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Disseminated cysticercosis with pulmonary and cardiac involvement
Bharat K Jain, Shilpa S Sankhe, Mukta D Agrawal, Prashant S Naphade
Department of MRI, KEM Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, India
Correspondence Address:
Bharat K Jain
Department of MRI, KEM Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.73532
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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. |
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