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Case Report: Cysticercosis: Sonographic Diagnosis of a Treatable Cause of Epilepsy and Skin Nodules.

Tom Heller1, Claudia Wallrauch2, Daniel Kaminstein3, Sam Phiri1.   

Abstract

A case of disseminated cysticercosis of brain, muscle subcutaneous tissue is reported and the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the diagnosis of the condition emphasized.

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Year:  2017        PMID: 29016298      PMCID: PMC5805047          DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  7 in total

1.  Primary sonographic diagnosis of disseminated muscular cysticercosis.

Authors:  Ashwin Asrani; Ajaykumar Morani
Journal:  J Ultrasound Med       Date:  2004-09       Impact factor: 2.153

Review 2.  Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis.

Authors:  Hector H Garcia; Theodore E Nash; Oscar H Del Brutto
Journal:  Lancet Neurol       Date:  2014-11-10       Impact factor: 44.182

3.  Sonographic appearances in cysticercosis.

Authors:  S Boopathy Vijayaraghavan
Journal:  J Ultrasound Med       Date:  2004-03       Impact factor: 2.153

Review 4.  Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Tropical Infectious Diseases--A Review of Applications and Perspectives.

Authors:  Sabine Bélard; Francesca Tamarozzi; Amaya L Bustinduy; Claudia Wallrauch; Martin P Grobusch; Walter Kuhn; Enrico Brunetti; Elizabeth Joekes; Tom Heller
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2015-09-28       Impact factor: 2.345

Review 5.  Neurocysticercosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of prevalence, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and management.

Authors:  Andrea Sylvia Winkler
Journal:  Pathog Glob Health       Date:  2012-09       Impact factor: 2.894

6.  Assessing Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Tool for Porcine Cysticercosis.

Authors:  Robert H Flecker; Ian W Pray; Saul J Santivaňez; Viterbo Ayvar; Ricardo Gamboa; Claudio Muro; Luz Maria Moyano; Victor Benavides; Hector H Garcia; Seth E O'Neal
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2017-01-05

7.  Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures.

Authors:  Andres G Lescano; Hector H Garcia; Robert H Gilman; Cesar M Gavidia; Victor C W Tsang; Silvia Rodriguez; Lawrence H Moulton; Manuel V Villaran; Silvia M Montano; Armando E Gonzalez
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2009-01-27
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1.  Disseminated cysticercosis and Kaposi sarcoma in a child with HIV/AIDS: A case report.

Authors:  David W McCormick; Jason M Bacha; Nader K El-Mallawany; Carrie L Kovarik; J S Slone; Liane R Campbell
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2020-04-25       Impact factor: 3.090

2.  Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Tropical Disease: Implications for Clinical Decision-Making.

Authors:  Daniel Kaminstein
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2020-04-30       Impact factor: 2.345

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