Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by Cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form of Taenia solium. Human cysticercosis is highly prevalent in African, Eastern European, Mexico, and South-East Asian regions (1–3). Cysticercosis involving central nervous system has been commonly described, but it may affect eyes, subcutaneous tissues, liver, skeletal muscle, and at times lung and heart, causing varied clinical manifestations (1–3). Soft tissue cysticercosis lesions are usually described with neurological or ocular involvement (1,4–7). There have been reports of a few cases of intramuscular cysticercosis that did not affect any other organ (2,8–11), although the reports are scarce in the pediatric age group. Here, we describe a case of intramuscular cysticercosis in a 5.5 year-old boy who presented with the swellings at two anatomically different sites, without any associated neurological or ocular involvement.
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