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Shraddha Jain1, Sunil Kumar, Deepti Joshi
1Department of Otolaryngology and HNS, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawngi, Wardha, India.
Abstract:
Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium which occurs in neural and extraneural forms. Latter commonly involves subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscles, and eyes. Head and neck sites commonly involved are buccal mucosa, tongue, and lips. It presents as single or multiple submucosal/cutaneous firm nodules. We report a case of cysticercosis of the supraclavicular region of the neck where it presented as a large soft cystic swelling. The diagnosis was made by sonography and confirmed by gross and microscopic examination to be racemose cysticercosis. This is a very rare cause of a neck swelling not reported previously in the literature.
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