Cysticercosis of the triceps--an unusual pseudotumor: case report and review.
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.
Ogilvie
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0728, USA.
Kasten
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Rovinsky
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Workman
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Johnston
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001132:Arm / Q000469:parasitology*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013492:Suppuration; D013621:Taenia / Q000033:anatomy & histology