title: [Report of case of subcutaneous cysticercosis].
abstract: Infection of the larval form (cysticerco) of Taenia in any tissue or organ is known as the disease cysticercosis. Many sites of infection have been documented but the central nervous system has been the most common. It present a case report of a 19 years old patient with a subcutaneous cysticercosis confirmed with biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Parasitología, Universidad de Talca, Chile. svidal@utalca.cl
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vidal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000473:pathology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000469:parasitology*; D055815:Young Adult