title: A case of intramuscular cysticercosis diagnosed definitively by mitochondrial DNA analysis of extremely calcified cysts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan. hyamasak@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kiyoshige
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial