Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The larval form of Taenia solium causes cysticercosis which involves the central nervous system, eyes, gastrointestinal system, skeletal muscles, and subcutaneous tissues. Isolated muscular involvement is rare with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. We present this case of a 24-year-old primigravida who was admitted at 35 weeks 2 days of gestation with severe preeclampsia with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy with cholelithiasis with bilateral pedal edema and was diagnosed in the post-operative period to have myocysticercosis which poses a diagnostic dilemma. This should be considered in differential diagnosis in developing nations, and especially in endemic regions. High-resolution ultrasound was important in the diagnosis but magnetic resonance imaging was confirmatory. The treatment of choice is anti-helminthic drugs and oral steroid medications.
Source: Indian Journal of Case Reports
Authors: Geeta Katheit Rai, Shivangini Sahay, Shikha Maurya, Veena Vidyasagar
Institution: Sharda University
Language: English
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407267933