Cysticercus Cyst (cysticercu + cyst)

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Selected Abstracts


Differentiation of hydatid cyst from cysticercus cyst by proton MR spectroscopy

NMR IN BIOMEDICINE, Issue 5 2002
Monika Garg
Abstract The metabolite patterns obtained by ex vivo proton MR spectroscopy of fluid from different locations of hydatid cysts of sheep and humans (n,=,16) and cysticercus cysts of swine and humans (n,=,25) were compared with an objective of differentiating the two parasites on the basis of their metabolite pattern. The spectra from hydatid fluid differed from cysticercus cyst by the absence of creatine in the former. When the hydatid cyst was fertile, malate and/or fumarate was also observed, which was absent in cysticercus cyst. The most likely explanation for the presence of creatine only in the cysticercus fluid is its active diffusion from the surrounding host tissue along with a contribution from the musculature present in the bladder wall of the cyst. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Photographic documentation of spontaneous extrusion of a subconjunctival cysticercus cyst

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, Issue 5 2002
Usha Kaul Raina FRCOphth
Abstract Spontaneous extrusion of a subconjunctival cysticercus cyst is a rare occurrence. The case reported is of a 20-year-old man who presented with a subconjunctival cysticercus cyst that was suspected to be undergoing spontaneous extrusion. The eye was photographed as the parasite extruded through the conjunctival opening with undulating movements over 3,4 min. [source]


Differentiation of hydatid cyst from cysticercus cyst by proton MR spectroscopy

NMR IN BIOMEDICINE, Issue 5 2002
Monika Garg
Abstract The metabolite patterns obtained by ex vivo proton MR spectroscopy of fluid from different locations of hydatid cysts of sheep and humans (n,=,16) and cysticercus cysts of swine and humans (n,=,25) were compared with an objective of differentiating the two parasites on the basis of their metabolite pattern. The spectra from hydatid fluid differed from cysticercus cyst by the absence of creatine in the former. When the hydatid cyst was fertile, malate and/or fumarate was also observed, which was absent in cysticercus cyst. The most likely explanation for the presence of creatine only in the cysticercus fluid is its active diffusion from the surrounding host tissue along with a contribution from the musculature present in the bladder wall of the cyst. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]