Subcutaneous cisticercosis
This paper reports the case of a 57-year-old female patient from the San Martín de Porres district in Lima, who attended the emergency room at Hospital II Lima Norte-Callao Luis Negreiros Vega of EsSalud due to a tumor in her right thigh. The patient complained of thigh pain on palpation and when sh...
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| description | This paper reports the case of a 57-year-old female patient from the San Martín de Porres district in Lima, who attended the emergency room at Hospital II Lima Norte-Callao Luis Negreiros Vega of EsSalud due to a tumor in her right thigh. The patient complained of thigh pain on palpation and when she started walking.
Studies were carried out and the tumor was surgically removed. The macroscopic analysis found a piece of tissue of 5x4x11cm, lozenge of the skin of 4x1.5cm, and an irregular surface composed of adipose tissue. Upon sectioning, 0.8cm of the skin showed a yellowish brown nodular formation of 1.5x1.8cm, with a cystic formation of 0.6cm, well delimited by fibrous tissue. In addition, three other cystic formations were found, with 0.3 to 0.8cm of diameter.
The histological diagnosis found cystic formations in the subcutaneous cellular tissue of fibrous walls, covered by macrophages in the inner part and foreign body epithelioid cells, which is compatible with subcutaneous cysticercosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c4f8d8ba967498b9c5106674fc78af42022-12-22T02:18:42ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaRevista de la Facultad de Medicina0120-00112357-38482017-04-0165235936210.15446/revfacmed.v65n2.5930746812Subcutaneous cisticercosisVanessa Elizabeth Méndez-Mathey0Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista - Facultad de Medicina Humana - Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina - Lima - Perú. Hospital II Lima Norte-Callao Luis Negreiros Vega EsSalud -Red Asistencial Desconcentrada - Callao - Perú.This paper reports the case of a 57-year-old female patient from the San Martín de Porres district in Lima, who attended the emergency room at Hospital II Lima Norte-Callao Luis Negreiros Vega of EsSalud due to a tumor in her right thigh. The patient complained of thigh pain on palpation and when she started walking. Studies were carried out and the tumor was surgically removed. The macroscopic analysis found a piece of tissue of 5x4x11cm, lozenge of the skin of 4x1.5cm, and an irregular surface composed of adipose tissue. Upon sectioning, 0.8cm of the skin showed a yellowish brown nodular formation of 1.5x1.8cm, with a cystic formation of 0.6cm, well delimited by fibrous tissue. In addition, three other cystic formations were found, with 0.3 to 0.8cm of diameter. The histological diagnosis found cystic formations in the subcutaneous cellular tissue of fibrous walls, covered by macrophages in the inner part and foreign body epithelioid cells, which is compatible with subcutaneous cysticercosis.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/59307CisticercosisTaenia soliInfecciones por cestodos |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa Elizabeth Méndez-Mathey Subcutaneous cisticercosis Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Cisticercosis Taenia soli Infecciones por cestodos |
| title | Subcutaneous cisticercosis |
| title_full | Subcutaneous cisticercosis |
| title_fullStr | Subcutaneous cisticercosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subcutaneous cisticercosis |
| title_short | Subcutaneous cisticercosis |
| title_sort | subcutaneous cisticercosis |
| topic | Cisticercosis Taenia soli Infecciones por cestodos |
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