Diagnosis of human sarcocystis infection from biopsies of the skeletal muscle.
Sarcocystis is an uncommon parasitic infection. We report four cases that presented with lumps, pain in the limbs or a discharging sinus of unknown etiology. Microscopic examination of the excised tissue in all cases showed characteristic cysts of the sarcocystis parasite. A discussion of the identification and recognition of this uncommon infection from muscle biopsies is given.
Department of Pathology, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India.
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R
Mehrotra
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Bisht
P A
PA
Singh
S C
SC
Gupta
R K
RK
Gupta
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000473:pathology*