Teniaza

Taenia solium scolex

 Cysticercosis
An adult African man
shows numerous
subcutaneous
nodules of larval
Taenia solium
(Cysticercus
cellulosae).
 Cysticercosis.
This radiograph shows
soft-tissue calcifications
resembling rice grains,
which are characteristic
of chronic cysticercosis.
This patient was
a refugee
from Southeast Asia.
This x-ray reveals
cysticercosis of the muscle
due to the presence of the
cestode Taenia saginata, or
beef tapeworm. Humans are
the only definitive hosts for
Taenia saginata and Taenia
solium.
A young male with a seizure. Magnetic resonance imaging of
the brain revealed a ringlike lesion characteristic of
neurocysticercosis.
Cysticercosis on computed tomography scan of brain (Taenia
solium, pork tapeworm).
B. A CT scan of the
brain shows multiple
small circular
densities. Within many
of these, a calcified dot
is present that
represents calcification
of the scolex within the
cysticerci.
CT scans, demonstrating multiple nodular lesions in the
cerebral cortex in a 21 y-o Japanese female, who complained of
muscle weakness in the right arm (left: plain, right: enhanced).
Cerebral neurocysticercosis with diffuse, scattered, ring-
enhancing lesions throughout the brain parenchyma with focal
edema.
Parenchymal neurocysticercosis in a gross brain specimen
The cysts of parenchymal neurocysticercosis are typically
observed at the gray-white junction. The most common
manifestation is focal seizures.
Higher magnification of a parenchymal cyst in neurocysticercosis
Death of the cysticerci, frequently precipitated by effective therapy,
results in release of larval antigens which may stimulate an
inflammatory host response and exacerbate symptoms.
Neurocysticercosis

A. A gross section of a
human brain shows
three pearllike
cysticerci.
Such patients often
present with seizures.
Cross section showing cysticercosis of brain at autopsy.
Photomicrograph of a neurocysticercosis cyst in the brain
parenchyma
Multiple cysts of racemose
neurocysticercosis
following their removal
from the subarachnoid
space
Typical antibody reactions in the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention immunoblot for cysticercosis. Individual serum
from patients with either cysticercosis or echinococcosis were
analyzed using the immunoblot for cysticercosis.