[Subcutaneous cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis].
Two cases, one of subcutaneous cysticercosis and one of neurocysticercosis, are described--both in young women, who had been in Mexico and ex-Yugoslavia, respectively. Neurocysticercosis is the most common neuroparasitosis in the world (and probably the reason for 2/3 of the cases of epilepsy) and as travels to endemic areas and immigration are on the increase, general practitioners should have cysticercosis in mind when treating a patient with subcutaneous noduli or cerebral symptoms.
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H:S Rigshospitalet, infektionsmedicinsk afdeling M og neuroradiologisk afsnit.
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D000328:Adult; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014195:Travel