Images in the Medical SciencesAtypical Case of Trichinellosis
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CLINICAL PRESENTATION
A 51-year-old woman presented with a complaint of bilateral swelling of legs, myalgia and muscle weakness. The patient ate a vegetarian diet. Her general physical examination was normal. Laboratory findings were tests glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, 229 U/L; glutamic pyruvic transaminase, 128 U/L; creatine phosphokinase, 1283 U/L and lactate dehydrogenase, 2293 U/L. A positron emission tomography excluded neoplastic lesions, occult septic foci and vasculitic processes. The electromyography
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