IPLab:Lab 11:Cysticercosis - Revision history

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‎Clinical Summary

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‎Surgical Specimen

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‎Images

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‎Related IPLab Cases

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‎Images

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‎Journal Articles

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	This 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of repeated tonic-clonic seizures. The patient was a tour guide leading groups of tourist to Tibet for two-month walking/camping tours in the Himalayas. Her seizures were easily controlled by intravenous administration of phenytoin. The WBC count was 13,000, with 5% eosinophils and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was slightly elevated. A cranial CT performed with and without contrast revealed two ring-enhancing lesions. The patient underwent a craniotomy and excisional biopsy.		This 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of repeated tonic-clonic seizures. The patient was a tour guide leading groups of tourist to Tibet for two-month walking/camping tours in the Himalayas. Her seizures were easily controlled by intravenous administration of phenytoin. The WBC count was 13,000, with 5% eosinophils and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was slightly elevated. A cranial CT performed with and without contrast revealed two ring-enhancing lesions. The patient underwent a craniotomy and excisional biopsy.

		+	Histopathologic exam of the surgical specimen revealed a capsule of dense connective tissue surrounding a cavity that contained a partially degenerated scolex of Taenia solium.

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	This 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of repeated tonic-clonic seizures. The patient was a tour guide leading groups of tourist to Tibet for two-month walking/camping tours in the Himalayas. Her seizures were easily controlled by intravenous administration of phenytoin. The WBC count was 13,000, with 5% eosinophils and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was slightly elevated. A cranial CT performed with and without contrast revealed two ring-enhancing lesions. The patient underwent a craniotomy and excisional biopsy.		This 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of repeated tonic-clonic seizures. The patient was a tour guide leading groups of tourist to Tibet for two-month walking/camping tours in the Himalayas. Her seizures were easily controlled by intravenous administration of phenytoin. The WBC count was 13,000, with 5% eosinophils and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was slightly elevated. A cranial CT performed with and without contrast revealed two ring-enhancing lesions. The patient underwent a craniotomy and excisional biopsy.

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−	~~== Surgical Specimen ==~~
−	~~Histopathologic exam revealed a capsule of dense connective tissue surrounding a cavity that contained a partially degenerated scolex of Taenia solium.~~

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 === Images ===
-* [http://peir.path.uab.edu/library/index.php?/tags/1622-cysticercosis PEIR Digital Library: Cysticercosis Images]
+* [{{SERVER}}/library/index.php?/tags/1622-cysticercosis PEIR Digital Library: Cysticercosis Images]
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	== Clinical Summary ==		== Clinical Summary ==
−	This 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of repeated tonic-clonic seizures. The patient was a tour guide leading groups of tourist to Tibet for two-month walking/camping tours in the Himalayas. Her seizures were easily controlled by intravenous administration of phenytoin. The WBC count was 13,000, with 5% eosinophils; the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 19. A cranial CT performed with and without contrast revealed two ring-enhancing lesions. The patient underwent a craniotomy and excisional biopsy.	+	This 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of repeated tonic-clonic seizures. The patient was a tour guide leading groups of tourist to Tibet for two-month walking/camping tours in the Himalayas. Her seizures were easily controlled by intravenous administration of phenytoin. The WBC count was 13,000, with 5% eosinophils and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was slightly elevated. A cranial CT performed with and without contrast revealed two ring-enhancing lesions. The patient underwent a craniotomy and excisional biopsy.

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 === Images ===
 * [http://peir.path.uab.edu/library/index.php?/tags/1622-cysticercosis PEIR Digital Library: Cysticercosis Images]
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 === Journal Articles ===
+* Garcia HH, Del Brutto OH.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10738675 Taenia solium cysticercosis].  ''Infect Dis Clin North Am'' 2000 Mar;14(1):97-119, ix.
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 == Additional Resources ==
 === Reference ===
+* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/215589-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Cysticercosis]
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 == Study Questions ==
 * <spoiler text="How did this patient get this parasite?">Cysticercosis is caused by the cestode parasite, Taenia solium (pig tapeworm). Cysticercosis is contracted by ingesting eggs from the feces of a person infected with an adult Taenia solium. The eggs can survive for several weeks in soil but are also infectious as soon as passed. The larvae migrate through the intestinal wall and are disseminated via the blood stream and can encyst in the brain, heart, skeletal muscle, or skin.</spoiler>
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 File:IPLab11Cysticercosis4.jpg|This is a photograph of the body of an adult tapeworm. Note the body segments.
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