Disseminated cysticercosis in China with complex and variable clinical manifestations: a case series

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Symptoms and signs in three patients with DCC

		Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
Area		Beijing	Henan	Helongjiang
Sex		female	male	male
Age		18	24	42
Eye	Presentation	floaters and blurred vision of left eye	diminution of vision of left eye	diminution of vision of right eye
	Intraocular pressures	normal	no test	no test
	Slip lamp examination	inflammation of left eye	no report	no report
	Fundus examination	left vitreous cyst	left extraocular cyst	right orbital cyst
		left optic disc edema	negative	negative
		vitreous cyst flat mount identified	cyst biopsy identified	cyst biopsy identified
CNS	Presentation	headache	headache	seizure
	MRI	parenchymal brain	parenchymal brain	parenchymal brain
	MRI	cerebellum	negative	negative
Soft tissues	MRI	rectus muscles	orbital tissues	orbital tissues
		facial and the neck muscles	negative	negative
		tongue	negative	negative
		diaphragm	negative	negative
		abdominal muscles	negative	negative
	X-ray	negative	forearm	chest muscles
IgG antibody	Serum	positive	positive	positive
IgG antibody	CSF	positive	positive	positive

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