Objectives:This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the site-specific incidence of extra-cranial cysticercosis and to study the imaging spectrum of cysticercosis at extra-cranial locations.Material/Methods:The...Objectives:This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the site-specific incidence of extra-cranial cysticercosis and to study the imaging spectrum of cysticercosis at extra-cranial locations.Material/Methods:The study included a total of 57 sites of involvement in 55 patients over a period of two years.All the patients with imaging-based diagnosis of cysticercosis at extra-cranial locations were studied to determine the imaging patterns.Results:These extra-cranial locations included orbit(8.7%of all sites),extra-orbital skeletal muscles(19.44%),skin&subcutaneous tissue(5.2%),parotid gland(3.5%),and miscellaneous(1.75%).Visualization of a cyst with an eccentric nodule was present in 37.2%,while cyst without any definite eccentric nodule was seen at 62.8%extra-cranial sites.Rounded cyst morphology was seen at 24.4%sites,while 75.6%sites showed deformed cysts in extra-cranial cysticercosis.Discussion:Cysticercosis is commonly seen at extra-cranial locations and often manifest with several common and uncommon patterns.Typical imaging morphology of cysticercosis is less common at extra-cranial locations,as compared to intra-cranial sites and probably account for diagnostic delays.展开更多
文摘Objectives:This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the site-specific incidence of extra-cranial cysticercosis and to study the imaging spectrum of cysticercosis at extra-cranial locations.Material/Methods:The study included a total of 57 sites of involvement in 55 patients over a period of two years.All the patients with imaging-based diagnosis of cysticercosis at extra-cranial locations were studied to determine the imaging patterns.Results:These extra-cranial locations included orbit(8.7%of all sites),extra-orbital skeletal muscles(19.44%),skin&subcutaneous tissue(5.2%),parotid gland(3.5%),and miscellaneous(1.75%).Visualization of a cyst with an eccentric nodule was present in 37.2%,while cyst without any definite eccentric nodule was seen at 62.8%extra-cranial sites.Rounded cyst morphology was seen at 24.4%sites,while 75.6%sites showed deformed cysts in extra-cranial cysticercosis.Discussion:Cysticercosis is commonly seen at extra-cranial locations and often manifest with several common and uncommon patterns.Typical imaging morphology of cysticercosis is less common at extra-cranial locations,as compared to intra-cranial sites and probably account for diagnostic delays.
