[Cysticercosis contracted in metropolitan France].
BACKGROUND
All cases of cysticercosis diagnosed in France are thought to be imported. Our case report concerns a 48-year-old man who has never left Europe, in whom we diagnosed subcutaneous cysticercosis.


METHODS
Histologic examination of the subcutaneous nodule extracted from this patient's abdominal wall showed cysticercosis. He has never left Europe. Various imaging techniques showed no other localizations of this infection. Neither he nor any members of his family carried adult Taenia solium.


CONCLUSIONS
We present an exceptional case of autochthonous cysticercosis. It is unlikely to be a larva of Taenia solium, since this adult tapeworm has not been seen in mainland France for a very long time. On the other hand, Taenia crassiceps cestodes parasitize the digestive tract of the fox in Auvergne and may occasionally cause cysticercosis in humans.
Service de parasitologie-mycologie-médecine tropicale, CHRU de Tours. th.duong@med.univ-tours.fr
Thanh Hai
TH
Duong
Christophe
C
Monegierdu Sorbier
Eacute Ric
ER
Bailly
Marie-Françoise
MF
Guillou-Garnier
Franck
F
Fetissof
Dominique
D
Richard-Lenoble
D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014505:Urban Population
D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D011223:Praziquantel