Extraneural cysticercosis presenting as a tumor in a seronegative patient. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A case of cysticercosis involving only the sternocleidomastoid muscle of an otherwise-healthy pregnant woman is presented. An enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay for cysticercosis was nonreactive. The clinical features of extraneural cysticercosis are reviewed with special attention to musculocutaneous involvement. The results of serological tests for such patients may not be positive and histopathology remains the only reliable method for confirming the diagnosis of cysticercosis.

publication date

  • January 1, 1992

Research

keywords

  • Cysticercosis
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0026515628

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1093/clinids/14.1.53

PubMed ID

  • 1571463

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 14

issue

  • 1