title: Herculean appearance due to disseminated cysticercosis: case report.
abstract: Cysticercosis is a common tropical disease. Disseminated form is one of the uncommon manifestations and a rare complication of this disease. We report an immunocompetent patient with disseminated cysticercosis who had involvement of the brain and skeletal muscles giving rise to Herculean appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra, India. sunilkumarmed@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Shraddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Shivali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashikar
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole