title: Intramuscular and subcutaneous sparganosis: Sonographic findings.
abstract: A case of subcutaneous and intramuscular sparganosis was confirmed on surgical excision of a worm in a 60-year-old woman suffering from painful masses in the right thigh. Sonography and MRI revealed an ill-defined intramuscular lesion and multiple cystic lesions in the subcutaneous tissue. At the time of the excision, a sparganum larva was found in the adductor longus muscle. If an intramuscular mass with a serpiginous cystic tract is seen on imaging studies in an endemic area, musculoskeletal sparganosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of a soft tissue tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 136-705, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jung Hyuk
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soon-Hyuck
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Si Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung Weon
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013146:Spirometra / Q000502:physiology; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014463:Ultrasonography