Mohan Harsh, Bal Amanjit, Aulakh Rakhi
Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India.
J Med Case Rep. 2008 Jun 6;2:196. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-196.
Cysticercosis is a disease caused by infestation with the larval stage of the intestinal cestode Taenia solium. The parasite usually localizes to subcutaneous tissues and muscles causing palpable or visible nodules, to the brain leading to epileptic attacks, and to the eyes with visible nodules leading to blindness and atrophy.
Here we present the case of a 15-year-old girl who was incidentally detected as having mesenteric lymph node enlargement caused by multiple cysticerci. This is the second case report of lymph node enlargement due to cysticercus infestation.
This rare mode of presentation of cysticercus infestation highlights the importance of parasites as a cause of treatable lymph node enlargement.
囊尾蚴病是由肠道绦虫猪带绦虫的幼虫期感染引起的疾病。该寄生虫通常定位于皮下组织和肌肉，导致可触及或可见的结节；定位于脑部导致癫痫发作；定位于眼部导致可见结节，进而导致失明和萎缩。
在此，我们报告一名15岁女孩的病例，该女孩偶然被发现因多个囊尾蚴导致肠系膜淋巴结肿大。这是第二例因囊尾蚴感染导致淋巴结肿大的病例报告。
这种囊尾蚴感染的罕见表现方式凸显了寄生虫作为可治疗性淋巴结肿大病因的重要性。
