Skeletal Radiol. 2003 Jul; 32(7): 424-8.

Solitary cysticercosis of the biceps brachii in a vegetarian: a rare and unusual pseudotumor.

Abdelwahab IF, Klein MJ, Hermann G, Abdul-Quader M.

Department of Radiology, New York Methodist Hospital Affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA. [email protected]

We report a 40-year-old man with cysticercosis presenting as a solitary tumor in the biceps brachii muscle. Physical examination revealed an intramuscular mass and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a cyst. The histologic diagnosis was a cysticercus. Such solitary presentation of muscular cysticercosis is extremely rare with only a handful of sporadic reports in the literature.