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case_images: Lemur catta; adbomen, torax, liver and lungs. Abundant sero-hemorrhagic fluid with larval parasites was present in the abdomen (A) and thorax (B). Enlarged liver with cyst (C), composed of a multilocular structure (insert). Lungs with cystic lesions (D), augmented consistency and with a multilocular structure (insert).
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case_images: Abundant sero-hemorrhagic fluid with larval parasites was present both in abdomen (Figure 1A) and thorax (Figure 1B). The liver, the main organ presenting lesions, was enlarged with a 5 cm diameter cyst in the parenchyma with a multilocular structure, filled with citrine fluid and larval parasites (Figure 1C). Cystic lesions were bilaterally also found in the lungs, with variable dimensions from 1 to 3 cm, augmented consistency and with a multilocular structure (Figure 1D).
case_images: Taenia crassiceps. Scolex with hooks of the cysticercus, isolated from liver (200x, bar 500 mum).
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case_images: F2
case_images: The microscopic observation of parasites was consistent with T. crassiceps cysticerci (Figure 2).
case_images: Lemur catta, liver, lungs. Lymphocytic infiltrate, fibrous tissue and hemorrhages in the liver (A) and lungs (C) (HE, 200x, bar 500 mum). Larval parasites in the parenchyma of liver (B) and lungs (D) (HE, 40x, bar 1,000 mum).
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case_images: F3
case_images: Histology of liver revealed several larval parasites surrounded by a severe lymphocytic infiltrate, fibrous tissue, hemosiderosis and hemorrhages (Figures 3A, B). Lungs (Figures 3C, D) presented inflammatory lesions similar to those observed in the liver.