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Pulmonary and cardiac cysticercosis: helical CT findings

Departments of ¹ Radiology and ² Pneumology, Hospital Julia Kubitschek, Belo Horizonte, ³ Department of Radiology, University Fluminense and of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, ⁴ University of Paraná, Curitiba, ⁵ School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

View larger version (120K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Chest radiograph demonstrates multiple pulmonary nodules with similar sizes.

View larger version (91K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Helical CT scan with lung parenchyma window shows multiple random nodules with average size of 10 mm, which present regular contours.

View larger version (68K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. Helical CT scan(after contrast administration) with mediastinal window demonstrates hypoattenuating nodules in (a) the cardiac muscle (white arrows), (b) chest wall and right scapular region. Some of these nodules present a central punctiform hyperattenuation (black arrow), which represents the scolex.