TAENIA-CRASSICEPS INVASIVE CYSTICERCOSIS IN AN AIDS PATIENT

A first case is reported from France of a subcutaneous and muscular ti ssues invasion by proliferative larval forms of Taenia crassiceps in a n AIDS-patient with severe immunodeficiency. These larvae usually deve lop in rodents whereas the adult form of the cestode is commonly found in foxes. Authors emphazise the differential diagnosis from other hum an subcutaneous metacestodoses such as T. solium cysticercosis, cenuro sis and hydatidosis. The proliferative aspect of the larvae, the recur rence of lesions after surgical removal and the possible invasion of o ther tissues are elements of a poor prognosis.