Disseminated cysticercosis with a right common femoral vein thrombosis

Abstract

Disseminated cysticercosis is an uncommon presentation of cysticercosis. Less than 10 cases of disseminated cysticercosis have been reported worldwide in children. We report the case of an 8-year-old boy with disseminated cysticercosis, who had presented with a swelling of the body for 1 month and proptosis of the eyeballs for 14 days. On examination, he had bilateral proptosis, subcutaneous nodules and hypertrophy of muscles of the limbs, neck and face. The CT cranium was normal, but the orbit showed bilateral bulky extraocular muscles heterogeneous in their whole length. The MRI cranium and whole body showed multiple non-enhancing vesicular cysts involving the brain, extraocular muscle, heart, trunk and muscles of the extremities and subcutaneous tissues. A Doppler study of the femoral vein showed thrombosis of the right common femoral vein. He was managed with corticosteroid, albendazole, phenytoin sodium, low-molecular-weight heparin followed by warfarin for 6 months and recovered completely.

Disseminated cysticercosis and Kaposi sarcoma in a child with HIV/AIDS: A case report

“…Disseminated cysticercosis is an uncommon manifestation of infection with T. solium and most commonly presents as subcutaneous and intramuscular nodules, although any organ can be infected [6][7][8][9][10]. Among people living with HIV, a recent case-control study did not find any association between HIV infection and NCC in Tanzania [11], and to date, no unique relationship between NCC and HIV has been reported [12].…”