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== 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.

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.

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