title: Cysticercosis of soft tissue.
abstract: Cysticercosis is a systemic illness caused by dissemination of the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. A high prevalence has been reported from the developing countries because of the co-existence of poor sanitary conditions and domestic pig raising. Human cysticercosis occurs when eggs are ingested via faecal-oral transmission from a tapeworm host. The human then becomes an accidental intermediate host, with development of cysticerci within organs. Cysticercosis is a preventable faeco-oral transmitted infection and it is possible to prevent infection by avoiding undercooked food and pork (which is an unlikely cause in muslim countries), and, water contaminated with human faeces.
authors.affiliation: King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Department of Pathology, Taif, KSA.
authors.forename: Nausheen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaqoob
authors.forename: Ershad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: ul Haq
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thomali
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamran
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaharani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000469:parasitology*