title: Detection of muscle calcifications by thigh CT scan in neurocysticercosis patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Javier A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bustos
authors.forename: Hector H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dorregaray
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naranjo
authors.forename: E Javier
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Pretell
authors.forename: Armando E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
mesh_terms: 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