Complications
- Larval form of T. solium can cause systemwide cysticercosis, including neurocysticercosis (etiologic in up to 25% of cases of new-onset seizures in indigenous areas).
- Echinococcus hydatid cysts may cause abnormalities in the organ involved. Cyst rupture can cause spread of disease and anaphylaxis.
- B12 deficiency with D. latum
- Proglottid of T. saginata rarely can obstruct appendix and pancreatic and bile ducts.
- D. latum occasionally can cause intestinal obstruction, cholangitis, and cholecystitis.
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