cysticercosis
Findings
No curated finding names cysticercosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cysticercosis is a parasitic infectious disease characterized by cyst formation in the target tissue of Taenia solium (tapeworm) parasite larvae ingested via the feces of a human with a tapeworm (human-to-human fecal-oral transmission) leading to variable clinical manifestations in muscle, the brain, spinal cord, and eyes. Infection of muscle tissue is generally asymptomatic. Cyst development in the brain and spinal cord is known as neurocysticercosis (NCC) and may cause seizures and headache. NCC can follow a serious course and may be life-threatening. Severe cases of cysticercosis are treated with albendazole and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015484), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
49 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormality of the nervous systemHPOHP:0000707
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal brain morphologyHPOHP:0012443
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal meningeal morphologyHPOHP:0010651
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal skeletal muscle morphologyHPOHP:0011805
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal subarachnoid space morphologyHPOHP:0012703
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Arachnoid cystHPOHP:0100702
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- Intracranial cystic lesionHPOHP:0010576
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- SeizureHPOHP:0001250
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Somatic sensory dysfunctionHPOHP:0003474
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal eye morphologyHPOHP:0012372
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal myocardium morphologyHPOHP:0001637
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal skull morphologyHPOHP:0000929
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: cysticercosis
- Also called
- tapeworm infection: [intestinal taenia solium] or [pork]tapeworm infection: intestinal taenia solumtapeworm infection: pork