A probable case of a cysticercosis presenting as an incidental intracranial calcification on a lateral cephalogram.
A 42-year-old female in whom intracranial calcifications were incidentally identified on a lateral cephalogram is presented. Follow-up CT scans and her social history led to the most probable diagnosis of cysticercosis, an infestation by larva of the tapeworm Taenia solium, of the brain. A differential diagnosis of intracranial calcifications on plain film skull views is presented.
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Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D002508:Cephalometry; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed