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

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A case is repored in Montreal [Canada] of human cysticercosis in a 44 yr old man who emigrated from Italy in 1956. Numerous s.c. nodules were found throughout the body. Thigh and chest X-rays showed oblong calcific densities measuring 1 .times. 0.5 cm in size. Examination of an excised nodule from the right biceps revealed a cysticercus larva morphologically similar to Cysticercus 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 clear zones observed in brain scan, cerebral cysticercosis was considered the most likely diagnosis.

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