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A case of subcutaneous cysticercosis (Cysticercus cellulosae cutis)
1Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Osaka National Hospital, and Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan. miura@derma.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|August 23, 2000
Abstract:
Cysticercosis is an infection resulting from the larval form of the pork tapeworm, and domestic infection is rare in Japan. We report a case of Cysticercus cellulosae cutis in a Japanese woman who was thought to be infected in an endemic area and offer a brief review of the literature.