Disseminated Cysticercosis with Pulmonary Involvement

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-111

  Mamere, Augusto Elias ^a   Muglia, Valdair Francisco ^a   Simão, Gustavo Novelino ^a   Belucci, Angela Delette ^a   Dos Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Trad, Clovis Simao ^a   Takayanagui, Osvaldo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cysticercosis; Lung nodule; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TAENIA SOLIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1942516889     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200404000-00009     Document Type: Article

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