title: Extensive disseminated cysticercosis.
abstract: Cysticercosis, especially neurocysticercosis, is a major public health problem in India. We report an unusual case of disseminated cysticercosis with extensive infiltration of the skin, central nervous system, skeletal muscles, eye, lung, and heart. A patient with extensive cutaneous cysticercosis must be thoroughly investigated for widespread internal organ involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sujay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khandpur
authors.forename: Sunil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kothiwala
authors.forename: Binamra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basnet
authors.forename: Rattan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nangia
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.forename: Raju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000473:pathology*; D020405:Dermis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012782:Shoulder; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*; D013909:Thorax