Cysticercosis
MESHD003551
Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.
Synonyms
- Cysticercoses
- Coenurosis
- Coenuroses
- Coenuri Infection
- Coenuri Infections
- Infection, Coenuri
- Coenurus Infection
- Coenurus Infections
- Infection, Coenurus
- Coenurus cerebralis Infection
- Coenurus cerebralis Infections
- Infection, Coenurus cerebralis
- Cysticercus cellulosae Infection
- Cysticercus cellulosae Infections
- Infection, Cysticercus cellulosae
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis
- Cysticercosis, Taenia solium
- Taenia solium Cysticercoses
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