[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.
Duong
Thanh Hai
TH
Service de parasitologie-mycologie-médecine tropicale, CHRU de Tours. th.duong@med.univ-tours.fr
Monegierdu Sorbier
Christophe
C
Bailly
Eacute Ric
ER
Guillou-Garnier
Marie-Françoise
MF
Fetissof
Franck
F
Richard-Lenoble
Dominique
D
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