Isolated intramuscular cysticercosis: Clinicopathological features, diagnosis and management – A review

Meena, Durgashankar; Gupta, Mayank; Jain, Vijay Kumar; Arya, R.R.

doi:10.1016/j.jcot.2016.06.016

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“…Any age and gender may be affected but children commonly suffer because of increased chance of fomite infection. [5] The present case was of 70-year-old female, which is of uncommon occurrence. In the majority of cases, brain, eyes, or skeletal muscle are involved.…”

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Cysticercosis cellulosae cutis: A forgotten entity

Neethu

Jain

Haritha

2019

Indian Dermatol Online J

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Cysticercosis cellulosa cutis is caused by larval stage of Taenia solium. It most commonly affects central nervous system, muscle, and subcutaneous tissue. Here, we report a case of 70-year-old female who was misdiagnosed on ultrasound as abscess and was treated with no improvement. Later, she was diagnosed on FNAC as cutaneous cysticercosis. Hence, we report this case because of its uncommon clinical presentation and diagnostic difficulty.

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Cysticercosis cellulosae cutis: A forgotten entity

Neethu

Jain

Haritha

2019

Indian Dermatol Online J

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“…Man acts as a definite host for the causative parasite Taenia solium . [ 2 ] They spread to distant sites in the body through the bloodstream. Probably because of the high vascularity, these parasites have a strong predilection for the central nervous system.…”

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Temporalis muscle cysticercosis: Common parasite at uncommon location

2021

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Isolated involvement of the temporalis muscle by cysticercosis is uncommon. The clinical features may mimic other inflammatory conditions of maxilofacial region or that of temporal headache. We describe here a case of right temporalis muscle cysticercosis that was initially misdiagnosed as dental caries. She clinically improved with albendazole and steroid. The radiology done after 6 months of therapy showed a complete resolution of the intramuscular lesion. Although rare, cysticercosis should be kept as one differential in patients present with unilateral temporal headache in endemic areas. Intramuscular cysticercosis can be diagnosed on the basis of radiological findings and respond well to pharmacological therapy.

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“… 2 Central nervous system is commonly involved in this disease, but it may affect eyes, subcutaneous tissues, liver, gastro-intestinal system, skeletal muscle, and at times lung and heart. 3 Symptomatic isolated lesion in thenar muscle is very rare entity reported in very few literatures. High resolution ultra sound is a reliable diagnostic measure for the isolated intramuscular and subcutaneous lesion.…”

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Myocysticercosis as a Rare Cause of Hand Swelling involving Thenar Group of Muscles: A Case Report

Neupane

Regmi

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J Nepal Med Assoc

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Larval form of Taenia solium causes cysticercosis that commonly involves the central nervous system. Other sites of manifestation are eye, gastrointestinal system, skeletal muscles and subcutaneous tissues. Isolated muscular involvement is rare with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. We present this case of an isolated symtomatic hand swelling due to Myocysticercosis which pose diagnostic dilemma. This should be considered in differential diagnosis in our developing nation and especially in endemic region. High resolution ultrasound of the hand (thenar region) helped in the diagnosis and is often diagnostic like in our case. The treatment of choice of an isolated symptomatic lesion without involvement of central nervous system is surgical excision which we did followed by short course of antiheminthic and anti-inflammatory medication for two weeks.

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Isolated intramuscular cysticercosis: Clinicopathological features, diagnosis and management – A review

Cited by 24 publications

References 51 publications

Cysticercosis cellulosae cutis: A forgotten entity

Cysticercosis cellulosae cutis: A forgotten entity

Temporalis muscle cysticercosis: Common parasite at uncommon location

Myocysticercosis as a Rare Cause of Hand Swelling involving Thenar Group of Muscles: A Case Report

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