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Case 130. Reference case 130A |
| CT scans, demonstrating multiple nodular lesions in the cerebral cortex in a 21 y-o Japanese female, who complained of muscle weakness in the right arm (left: plain, right: enhanced). | |||
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The patient ate Kimuchi imported from the southern part of Korea, possibly contaminated with fertilized eggs of Taenia solium. Cysticercus cellulosa is usually seen in the meat of pig, an intermediate host animal. The final host of this tapeworm T. solium is human. | ||
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