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.
Abdelwahab
Ibrahim Fikry
IF
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
Klein
Michael J
MJ
Hermann
George
G
Abdul-Quader
Mohammed
M
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*