title: It's Even Here! Two Rare Cases of Pyriformis Myocysticercus.
abstract: Cysticercus, the larval form of Taenia Solium, a tapeworm, can infest various tissues in the human body. Though central nervous system involvement is the most dramatic form of infestation, several other uncommon sites of has been reported in the literature. One such involvement is that of the musculature. The most easily recalled manifestation of myocysticercus is that in the orbit where the patients present with painful proptosis. However, other less common muscular sites of involvement are documented in case reports. To the best of our knowledge, there are no documented cases of pyriformis muscle infestation with cysticercus. We came across two interesting cases, where imaging established the diagnosis of isolated pyriformis cysticercosis. Follow up after one month of antihelminthic treatment imaging revealed disappearance of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER),Chandigarh, 160012, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER),Chandigarh, 160012, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER),Chandigarh, 160012, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER),Chandigarh, 160012, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002081:Buttocks / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003552:Cysticercus; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D041201:Taenia solium
keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; myocysticercosis; pyriformis; ultrasound.