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ID DOID:0050251
Name coenurosis
Definition A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves infection by metacestode larval stage (coenurus) of Taenia multiceps or Taenia serialis. Coenuri in the skin or subcutaneous tissue present as painless nodules, which manifest on the trunk, sclera, subconjuctiva, neck, shoulders, head and limbs. Coenuri in the central nervous system may cause headache, fever, vomiting, nerve palsies, jacksonian epilepsy, pachymeningitis, obstructive or communicating hydrocephalus, and intracranial arteritis with transient hemiparesis. Coenuri in the eye cause both intraocular and orbital infections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenurosis, https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/coenurosis/index.html
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DO_infectious_disease_slim

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is_a central nervous system disease

is_a parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease

is_a skin disease

Subclass Logical Relationships

disease has location some zone of skin and disease has location some central nervous system

has symptom some vomiting

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