title: Cysticercosis.
abstract: Cysticercosis is probably more common in the United States than is generally realized. The most frequent sites of involvement are the brain, the eye and the skeletal muscle. Normally, the larval stage of the pork tapeworm occurs in pig muscle. Occurrence in humans follows the ingestion of ova.
authors.affiliation: Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Walling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013621:Taenia / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed