Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging (Jan 2010)

Disseminated cysticercosis with pulmonary and cardiac involvement

  • Jain Bharat,
  • Sankhe Shilpa,
  • Agrawal Mukta,
  • Naphade Prashant

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. 310 – 313

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Pulmonary and cardiac involvement by cysticercosis is extremely rare, and is usually asymptomatic. We report the case of a 19-year-old boy who presented with a history of headache and vomiting and was found to have disseminated cysticercosis with pulmonary and cardiac involvement; the emphasis is on the rare occurrence of pulmonary, cardiac, pancreatic, intraocular, and extradural spinal canal involvement in the same patient. This case demonstrates the extent to which cysticercosis can be disseminated.

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