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Review
. 1993 Jul;32(7):569-73.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.32.569.

Cerebral cysticercosis

K Ohnishi  1 , M Murata, M Nakane, N Takemura, T Tsuchida, T Nakamura
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Review

Cerebral cysticercosis

K Ohnishi et al. Intern Med. 1993 Jul.
Free article

Abstract

A 44-year-old female underwent a right frontal craniotomy under a diagnosis of metastatic brain tumor and a fluid-filled cystic lesion was extirpated. One rice grain sized nodule was identified in the cyst and histopathological examination of the nodule showed a scolex with hooks and suckers. These macro and microscopic findings indicated a diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis, caused by infection of the larval stage of some type of Taenia species. A therapeutic course of praziquantel was given after craniotomy. The patient has been a resident of the Kanto area of Japan since birth and has never been outside Japan.

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