AN INTERESTING CASE OF PARASITIC CYST OF THIGH
Abstract
Abstract :
Cysticercosis is caused by cysticercus cellulosae, which is the
larva of Taenia solium , the pork tapeworm. The larvae are
carried in the blood stream after penetrating the walls of the
alimentary tract and they lodge in different tissues like the
skin, skeletal muscles, brain, fundus and heart, to cause
disseminated cysticercosis. Cases of intermuscular
cysticercosis have rarely been reported in the literature. They
may inhabit the muscles and cause muscular hypertrophy,
which, at times, may assume gross proportions. Morbidity is
usually caused by the involvement of the central nervous
system eye. The larval form can invade many tissues in
humans, to cause disseminated cysticercosis. Generalized
symmetrical pseudohypertrophy of muscles, in such
conditions, has previously been reported only in twelve cases.
We hereby present a case of parasitic cyst of thigh which
posed a diagnostic dilemma.
Keyword :Cysticercosis, Taenia solium
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