title: Case report: massive cardiopulmonary cysticercosis in a leukemic patient.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman who had acute leukemia and massive cardiopulmonary cysticercosis is reported. Pulmonary cysticercosis is rare and in this case may have been promoted by the immunosuppression caused by acute leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mauad
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Battlehner
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bedrikow
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Capelozzi
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Saldiva
mesh_terms: D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology