Case report: Cysticercosis: sonographic diagnosis of a treatable cause of epilepsy and skin nodules

Tom Heller; Claudia Wallrauch; Daniel Kaminstein; Sam Phiri

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257

Case report: Cysticercosis: sonographic diagnosis of a treatable cause of epilepsy and skin nodules

Tom Heller, Claudia Wallrauch, Daniel Kaminstein, Sam Phiri

Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Services

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1827-1829
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	97
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257
State	Published - 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Infectious Diseases
Virology
Parasitology

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257

Cite this

@article{c4a83b77c640487380f5c3a9bd4a58c6,

title = "Case report: Cysticercosis: sonographic diagnosis of a treatable cause of epilepsy and skin nodules",

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.",

author = "Tom Heller and Claudia Wallrauch and Daniel Kaminstein and Sam Phiri",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.",

year = "2017",

doi = "10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "97",

pages = "1827--1829",

journal = "American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",

issn = "0002-9637",

publisher = "American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Case report

T2 - Cysticercosis: sonographic diagnosis of a treatable cause of epilepsy and skin nodules

AU - Heller, Tom

AU - Wallrauch, Claudia

AU - Kaminstein, Daniel

AU - Phiri, Sam

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85037041396&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85037041396&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257

DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0257

M3 - Article

C2 - 29016298

AN - SCOPUS:85037041396

SN - 0002-9637

VL - 97

SP - 1827

EP - 1829

JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

IS - 6

ER -

Case report: Cysticercosis: sonographic diagnosis of a treatable cause of epilepsy and skin nodules

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this