Cysticercus Cellulosæ of Tongue

A Case of Sub-Conjunctival Cysticercus Cellulosæ

through the lower lid as a distinct swelling which becomes decidedly more prominent when the patient looks upwards. On everting the right lower lid, there is an ovoid cyst-like swelling occupying the middle third of the lower part of the ocular conjunctiva. The growth nearly approaches the fornix. It is somewhat adherent to the over-lying conjunctiva, and moves fairly freely over the sclerotic....

Generalized Cysticercosis Cellulosæ

Prevalence of Cysticercus Bovis in Hawassa Municipal Abattoir and its Public Health Implication

A cross sectional study on the prevalence of bovine cysticercosis in Hawassa municipal abattoir was conducted from October 2011 to March 2012 with the objectives of determining the prevalence of Cysticercus bovis cyst viability and cyst distribution in different organs/tissues and public health implication of Taenia saginata Cysticercosis. Questionnaire survey and inventory of pharmaceutical dr...

Plasma paraoxonase, sphingosine-1-phosphate, total sialic acid, and heat shock protein-27 in the liver of the sheep naturally infected with Cysticercus tenuicollis: Evidence on pathological changes

The present study aimed to investigate whether sphingosine 1 phosphate (S1P), paraoxonase (PON), total sialic acid (TSA), and heat shock protein-27 (HSP27) are altered in the sheep during infection of the liver with Cysticercus tenuicollis. This study was conducted on40 healthy sheep and40 sheep with Cysticercus tenuicollis infection. The infected and non-infected animals were selected based on...

Report of a few Cases of Cysticercus tenuicollis in Lambs, Kids and its Histopathhological Investigation