title: Cysticercosis in Nepal: a histopathologic study of sixty-two cases.
abstract: Human cysticercosis, an infection caused by larvae of Taenia solium, is a major public health problem in many developing countries. Sixty-two of 23,402 biopsy cases have been detected as cysticercosis in the last 5 years in Patan Hospital. Most (82%) of the patients presented with solitary skin nodules, another 10% with nodules in the oral mucosa, and 8% in the breast. Forty cases were identified from the Kathmandu valley and the rest from outside Kathmandu. Most patients were younger than 30 years of age (mean, 21+/-11 years). Statistically, there was no difference between males (0.28%) and females (0.24%). The average size of cysticercosis was 19 mm in diameter, and the histology of cysticercosis showed fibrous walled cysts covered by several layered epithelioid cells with a few Langhans' giant cells and infiltration of eosinophils without caseous necrosis. These cysticercosis findings from an endemic area will be helpful for doctors who examine immigrant patients in nonendemic areas.
authors.affiliation: Histopathology Service, Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Amatya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimula
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology; D015622:Epithelioid Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015744:Giant Cells, Langhans / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013621:Taenia / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology