TY - JOUR
T1 - Cysticercosis of the triceps - An unusual pseudotumor
T2 - Case report and review
AU - Ogilvie, Christian M.
AU - Kasten, Philip
AU - Rovinsky, David
AU - Workman, Kimberly L.
AU - Johnston, James O.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Cysticercosis is a disease caused by encysted larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium. Most muscular disease presents with central nervous system involvement or multiple cysts or both. The authors report a 25-year-old woman with a rare single muscle cyst presenting as a tender hard triceps mass. Results of clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging were indicative of a soft tissue tumor. Excision of the mass revealed purulence, and the histologic diagnosis was cysticercosis. In the differential diagnosis of isolated muscular masses, a rare isolated cysticercus presenting as a pseudotumor should be considered.
AB - Cysticercosis is a disease caused by encysted larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium. Most muscular disease presents with central nervous system involvement or multiple cysts or both. The authors report a 25-year-old woman with a rare single muscle cyst presenting as a tender hard triceps mass. Results of clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging were indicative of a soft tissue tumor. Excision of the mass revealed purulence, and the histologic diagnosis was cysticercosis. In the differential diagnosis of isolated muscular masses, a rare isolated cysticercus presenting as a pseudotumor should be considered.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003086-200101000-00029
DO - 10.1097/00003086-200101000-00029
M3 - Article
C2 - 11153991
AN - SCOPUS:0035162748
SN - 0009-921X
VL - 382
SP - 217
EP - 221
JO - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
JF - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
ER -