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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Cysticercosis in the axillary region: A case report
Sudhir Kumar Vujhini1, Panduranga Rao Sanagapati2, Mahesh Kandukuri3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2 Professor and Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, MRIMS, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Sudhir Kumar Vujhini
Plot no- 292, Lakshmisai Meadows, Beeramguda, Ramachandra Puram, Hyderabad. 502032
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2321-7006.302686
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Cysticercosis, a systemic illness and a major public health problem is caused by dissemination of the larval form of the pork tapeworm. Taenia solium. A high prevalence has been reported from the developing countries because of the co-existence of poor sanitary conditions and domestic pig raising. Cysticercosis is a preventable faeco-oral transmitted infection and it is possible to prevent infection by avoiding undercooked food, and water contaminated with human faeces.
In this unusual form of infection man becomes the intermediate host. The skeletal muscle, subcutaneous tissue, the eyes and CNS are the most frequently affected tissues. Other reported sites are heart, lungs, peritoneum, kidney, liver, and pancreas. The involvement of axillary region, although not unusual is a rare. We present a case of axillary cysticercosis in an 18 year old female.
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