Solitary cysticercosis of the biceps brachii in a vegetarian: a rare and unusual pseudotumor.
We report a 40-year-old man with cysticercosis presenting as a solitary tumor in the biceps brachii muscle. Physical examination revealed an intramuscular mass and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a cyst. The histologic diagnosis was a cysticercus. Such solitary presentation of muscular cysticercosis is extremely rare with only a handful of sporadic reports in the literature.
Department of Radiology, New York Methodist Hospital Affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA. fikrya@hotmail.com
Ibrahim Fikry
IF
Abdelwahab
Michael J
MJ
Klein
George
G
Hermann
Mohammed
M
Abdul-Quader
D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*