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. 2023 Oct 20:56:e04392023.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0439-2023. eCollection 2023.

Muscular and brain cysticercosis

Luã Portela  1 , Tânia Marchiori Cardoso  2 , Fabiano Reis  1
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Muscular and brain cysticercosis

Luã Portela et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. (A) Axial computed tomography reveals multiple sub-centimeter calcified lesions (arrows) predominantly throughout the supratentorial brain. (B) Axial susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) demonstrates multiple round hypointense foci, consistent with calcifications (arrows). (C) Axial contrast-enhanced T1-weighted image (WI) reveals a cystic ring-enhancing lesion (arrow) with perilesional edema in the left putamen. (D) Axial diffusion-weighed imaging (b=1000) reveals a hyperintense eccentric dot (scolex, arrow) indicative of neurocysticercosis in the colloidal vesicular stage.
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Sagittal and axial fast imaging, employing steady-state acquisition images (A and B) demonstrate an isointense lesion in the lower portion of the roof of the fourth ventricle (arrow). Steady-state free precession sequences help identify intraventricular cysts.
FIGURE 3:
FIGURE 3:. Coronal (A and B) non-contrast-enhanced computed tomography with maximum intensity projection reveals multiple elongated and oval-shaped calcified lesions within the hip and thigh muscles.
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