A rare gigantic solitary cysticercosis pseudotumour of the neck

Cysticercosis is one of the ancient parasitic infections and endemic in many parts of the developing world. Humans acquire cysticercosis when they ingest pork tapeworm eggs either through faecal-oral route by eating faecally contaminated food or by auto infection.The clinical picture largely depends...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seif J Uledi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2010-11-01
Series:Journal of Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://jscr.co.uk/2010/11/ent-surgery/a-rare-gigantic-solitary-cysticercosis-pseudotumour-of-the-neck/