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A REPORT OF FIVE CASES

CHUAN-KUEI HU, M.D.; OO-KEK KHAW, M.D.; CHESTER N. FRAZIER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;21(5):777-789.

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The localization of Cysticercus cellulosae in the subcutaneous tissues of man was reported by Lewin¹ as having occurred in some of the early cases of cysticercosis first recognized in Europe in the middle of the sixteenth century. Pye-Smith,² in 1892, reported a case from England in which there were more than fifty tumors scattered over the face, neck, trunk and extremities, the exact nature of which was demonstrated by microscopic examination of the encysted organism. More recently, Waterhouse³ and Priest⁴ in England and Coblentz⁵ in America published reports of cases of the subcutaneous type, and Africa and Cruz⁶ in the Philippine Islands described the localization of the cysts in the skeletal muscles of man. At times, subcutaneous and visceral involvement are present in the same patient. Of all forms of Cysticercus infestation, only three cases have been reported in China.⁷

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Author Affiliations
PEIPING, CHINA

From the Division of Dermatology and Syphilology of the Department of Medicine, and the Division of Parasitology of the Department of Pathology, Peiping Union Medical College.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Jan. 17, 1930.

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