A case of intramuscular cysticercosis diagnosed definitively by mitochondrial DNA analysis of extremely calcified cysts.
A case of obsolete intramuscular cysticercosis diagnosed definitively by mitochondrial DNA analysis of extremely calcified cysts was reported. X-ray and computed tomography findings highly suggested cysticercosis due to Taenia solium; however, no direct evidence of cysticercosis was obtained through serological or histopathological examinations. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of a histopathological specimen confirmed the causative agent to be the Asian genotype of T. solium.
Yamasaki
Hiroshi
H
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan. hyamasak@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Nagase
Teruaki
T
Kiyoshige
Yoshiro
Y
Suzuki
Mamoru
M
Nakaya
Kazuhiro
K
Itoh
Yukio
Y
Sako
Yasuhito
Y
Nakao
Minoru
M
Ito
Akira
A
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial