Detection of muscle calcifications by thigh CT scan in neurocysticercosis patients.
Twenty-five patients with calcified neurocysticercosis (two to four intraparenchymal brain calcifications) were asked to have a non-contrasted computed tomography (CT) scan of the thighs to determine the frequency of muscle calcifications detected by this technique. Thirteen (52%) showed one or more muscle calcifications. The numbers of calcifications in the thighs and the brain were not correlated. Patients with a positive CT scan for muscle calcifications were also examined by X-rays to compare both methods. Only 6 of 13 had visible calcifications on X-ray. Thigh CT scans can demonstrate muscle calcifications in a significant proportion of patients with calcified neurocysticercosis.
Bustos
Javier A
JA
Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru.
Garcia
Hector H
HH
Dorregaray
Ruben
R
Naranjo
Monica
M
Pretell
E Javier
EJ
Gonzalez
Armando E
AE
Gilman
Robert H
RH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed