[Cysticercosis in Guadeloupe].
We report two cases of cysticercosis proved by histology, one in the brain, the other in the orbit. The first case was observed in a traveller, heavy smoker, serologically negative to cysticercosis in whom an isolated cerebral tumoral metastasis was suspected and resected. The lesion was centered by a typical cysticercus of Taenia solium. The second was a periorbital intramuscular nodule observed in a child who had never left our island. The fibroinflammatory nodule was centered by a cysticercus with a scolex without rostellum and without suckers. Its histological aspect led us to the diagnosis of cysticercosis. Three species of Taenia are discussed : T. solium, T. crassiceps and T. bovis. This case shows that the human transmission of the disease may exist in Guadeloupe.
Roudier
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Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU, Pointe-à-Pitre. martine.roudier@univ-ag.fr
Maillard
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Brousse
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David
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Huerre
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D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019430:Guadeloupe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification