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[Subcutaneous cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis]
1H:S Rigshospitalet, infektionsmedicinsk afdeling M og neuroradiologisk afsnit.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
Two cases, one of subcutaneous cysticercosis and one of neurocysticercosis, are described--both in young women, who had been in Mexico and ex-Yugoslavia, respectively. Neurocysticercosis is the most common neuroparasitosis in the world (and probably the reason for 2/3 of the cases of epilepsy) and as travels to endemic areas and immigration are on the increase, general practitioners should have cysticercosis in mind when treating a patient with subcutaneous noduli or cerebral symptoms.