Cysticercosis of temporalis muscle: a case report

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kumar, Raj | Singh, Vinita | Rastogi, Archana

Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India | Department of Neuroanaesthesiology King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India | Department of Pathology Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Raj Kumar, Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow – 226014, U.P., India. Tel.: +91 522 2668700, 2668800; Fax: +91 (522) 2668129 & 2668017; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: A 16 years aged female presented with gradually increasing swelling of left temporalis muscle associated with episodic headache. Computerized tomography scan of head revealed a defined enhancing soft tissue mass in left temporal region without an intracranial extension and bone invasion. The specimen of excised mass turned out to be cysticercosis of muscle on histological examination. A possibility of muscular cysticercosis presenting as pseudotumor of calvarium can not be ruled out.

Keywords: Cysticercosis, temporalis muscle

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Neurology, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 269-272, 2005