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Disseminated cysticercosis presenting with bilateral proptosis: A case report
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019 Rationale: Disseminated cysticercosis is characterized by presence of cysts in multiple body organs, like brain, skin, eyes, muscles and rarely heart and lungs. Patient concerns: A 22-year-old man presented with bilateral proptosis of 1-year duration. He
Ravindra Kumar Garg +3 more
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Risk factors for Taenia solium taeniasis: A case-control study in Lao PDR. [PDF]
Trop Med Int HealthAbstract Introduction Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium is the leading cause of epilepsy in low and middle‐income countries yet remains under investigated in Lao PDR (Laos). People shedding T. solium eggs or proglottids from the adult tapeworm are the source of infection for those with cysticercosis.
Larkins A +5 more
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Disseminated Cysticercosis in Rwanda—Case Report of a Patient Presenting with Difficulty with Walking and Skin Nodules [PDF]
Rwanda Medical Journal, 2020 Human cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by larval cysts of the Taenia solium tapeworm. The pathogenesis of disseminated cysticercosis involves migration of Taenia solium embryos from the hepatoportal system to organs and tissues in the body ...
J. Tuan +7 more
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Cognitive Manifestations of Racemose Neurocysticercosis: A Two Case Report [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a central nervous system infection caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium, endemic in Latin America and Asia. It can present as intraparenchymal or racemose (rNCC) forms, with symptoms including epilepsy, headaches, and intracranial hypertension.
Jobet M +4 more
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Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021 Background Porcine cysticercosis, human cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis, and epilepsy pose a serious public health risk and lead to economic losses to the small-scale pig farmers in Tanzania’s rural areas. It also resulted in lowering the pig’s prices,
Emmanuel Nestory Kayuni
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Neurocysticercosis an epidemiological survey in two small rural communities
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1990 The authors describe the epidemiological findings related to human taeniasis and cysticercosis, and swine cysticercosis in two small rural communities, Postinho (P) and Tigre (T), of South Brazil.
Walter O. Arruda +2 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022 Pulmonary cysticercosis is one of the rare complications of cysticercosis that occurs worldwide, especially in developing countries. Its clinical presentation can range from asymptomatic, pleural effusion, and constitutional symptoms to incidental ...
Chatuthanai Savigamin +2 more
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Habit of cooking pork on hot stones as main risk of cysticercosis
Universa Medicina, 2018 Background Cysticercosis is an infectious disease caused by the larval form of Taenia solium (cysticercus cellulosae) and has been ranked as the most important food-borne parasite of humans in terms of public health, socioeconomic and trade impact ...
Semuel Sandy +5 more
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Migrasomes in Ischemic Stroke: Molecular Landscape and Pathophysiological Impact
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Multi‐omics profiling of stroke patients exposes systemic molecular fingerprints of immune activation, oxidative stress and metabolic collapse. Complement and coagulation cascade, and cholesterol metabolism emerge as shared functional hallmarks of plasma migrasomes in stroke patients and migrasomes isolated from experimental stroke mice.
Huifen Zhou +16 more
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Cysticercosis of the eye [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Cysticercosis is a preventable and eradicable cause of blindness endemic in the Indian subcontinent, South- East Asia and other developing countries. Ocular and orbital cysticercosis has varied presentations depending upon the site of involvement, number
Rebika Dhiman +6 more
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