Uncommon manifestation of human cysticercosis with muscular pseudohypertrophy.
A case of human cysticercosis presenting with symmetric painless enlargement of muscles and seizures is presented. The patient had multiple subcutaneous nodules but no features of raised intracranial pressure. Muscle biopsy revealed densely packed cysticerci in calf muscles. Subcutaneous nodule biopsy was also confirmatory. So far sixteen cases have been described in the world literature and only one from outside India.
D000328:Adult; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh