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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2005; 03(04): 269-272
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557282
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Cysticercosis of temporalis muscle: a case report

Raj Kumar
a   Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
,
Vinita Singh
b   Department of Neuroanaesthesiology King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
,
Archana Rastogi
c   Department of Pathology Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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31 January 2005

11 February 2005

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29 July 2015 (online)

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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.

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Cysticercosis - temporalis muscle