title: Extraneural cysticercosis presenting as a tumor in a seronegative patient.
abstract: A case of cysticercosis involving only the sternocleidomastoid muscle of an otherwise-healthy pregnant woman is presented. An enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay for cysticercosis was nonreactive. The clinical features of extraneural cysticercosis are reviewed with special attention to musculocutaneous involvement. The results of serological tests for such patients may not be positive and histopathology remains the only reliable method for confirming the diagnosis of cysticercosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Filippa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coit
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009334:Neck Muscles; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*