Cysticercosis report of three cases form Qatar
Gulf Journal of Dermatology and Venereology [The]. 1996; 3 (1): 32-35
in English
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ABSTRACT
This article reports three cases of cysticercosis seen in the State of Qatar between 1983 to 1996. The lesion in case 1 was present in the left side of the neck in a 24-year-old Indian woman, simulating branchial cleft cyst; In case 2 the cyst had involved soft tissue and muscle of the chest wall in a 17-year- old Qatari girl, presenting as left breast mass, presumed to be a fibradenoma; Case 3 was a 24-year- old Bangladeshi man who presented with discharge from the left eye which on ophthalmologic examination was found to be from a conjunctival cyst. He had a history of headache and double vision. A brief account of the geography, life cycle, clinical features, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of cysticercosis is presented
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Praziquantel
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Cysticercosis
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Albendazole
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Gulf J. Dermatol. Venerol.
Year:
1996
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