Solitary neurocysticercosis case caused by Asian genotype of Taenia solium confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analysis.
A Japanese woman presenting with neurologic symptoms was presumptively diagnosed with neurocysticercosis based on imaging findings. Hooklets in the scolex of the resected lesion were not confirmed through histopathological observation. However, the illness was confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analysis to be a solitary neurocysticercosis case caused by the Asian genotype of Taenia solium.
Yamasaki
Hiroshi
H
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan. hyamasak@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Matsunaga
Shigeo
S
Yamamura
Koji
K
Chang
Chia-Cheng
CC
Kawamura
Shunji
S
Sako
Yasuhito
Y
Nakao
Minoru
M
Nakaya
Kazuhiro
K
Ito
Akira
A
D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001483:Base Sequence; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
D017931:DNA Primers; D018509:DNA, Helminth; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial