title: [Cysticercosis in Guadeloupe].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU, Pointe-à-Pitre. martine.roudier@univ-ag.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roudier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maillard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brousse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huerre
mesh_terms: 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