Seizo Yamashita, Marcus Vinicius de Godoy Bueno Caldas Mesquita, Joana Cruz Marangon Machado, André Henrique Miranda, José Morceli
Radiol Bras 2003;36(4):255-257 - CASE REPORT
The authors report a rare case of intramedullary spinal cord cysticercosis in a 36-year-old male patient. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations of the brain showed multiple ring enhanced lesions. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine showed a cystic intramedullary formation at C5-C6 level containing a scolex.
Keywords: Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis, Computed tomography, Magnetic resonance imaging
The authors report a rare case of a 71-year-old male patient with a 9-year history of appearance of a "little node" in the right superior eyelid, which increased significantly in size in the last year. Computed tomography showed thickening of the lateral rectus muscle and adjacent soft tissues. The diagnosis after biopsy was xanthelasma.
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