Image Question-53

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What is the characterstic finding seen in X-Ray?

Case courtesy of Leonardo Lustosa, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 86728

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Characteristic rice grain calcification appearance

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Whiat is the clinical diagnosis where we find Characteristic rice grain calcification appearance on X-Ray?

[A] Disseminated Strongyloidiasis
[B] Cysticercosis
[C] Schistosomiasis
[D] Osteochondritis dissecans

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Mechanism

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• This characteristic rice-grain appearance is because the larva gets deposited along the long axis of the muscle
• Rice grain calcification in the breast is a characteristic of cysticercosis

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