Cysticercosis diagnostic methods in autopsies

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THESIS*LINO CYSTICERCOSIS DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN AUTOPSIESMany are the methods used for the clinical and the clinical pathology diagnosis of the taeniasis-cysticercosis complex. However, these methods are rarely applied to post-mortem diagnosis.Objective: The aim was to determine the occurrence, the evolutive characteristics, the ultrastructure, the imagenology, the immunology and the molecular biology of cysticercosis in autopsies performed in the School of Medicine of the Triangulo Mineiro, in Uberaba, Minas Gerais. Material and methods:The cysticerci found were classified into evolutive phases by macroscopy and microscopy analysis. The ultrastructural analysis was made by electronic transmission microscopy.Samples of pericardic liquid were tested for the diagnosis of cysticercosis by ELISA. Cysticerci were tested for the species characterization by PCR. The organs radiographies were made by a mammograph.