Hepatic cysticercosis. Report of an unusual case.
We report a case of hepatic cysticercosis in a 62-year-old man who had been diagnosed with a colonic adenocarcinoma 9 years previously. Additional clinical studies failed to show disease in the soft tissues, brain, orbit and heart. The patient was successfully treated with a course of praziquantel and prednisone and is alive and well 28 months after diagnosis. This is the first reported case of hepatic cysticercosis that has resulted in significant morbidity.
Sickel
J Z
JZ
Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14627, USA.
Fultz
P J
PJ
Penwarden
B
B
Laczin
J
J
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D001706:Biopsy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011223:Praziquantel; D011241:Prednisone