Intramuscular cysticercosis: an unusual presentation: report of three cases

The term endemic is a fading entity as many diseases are getting globalized. Cysticercosis was considered a third-world disease but that is fast changing as sporadic case reports have been reported in Western literature. Though presence of cysticercal soft tissue involvement is a pointer for evaluation of central nervous system, we present three different cases of intramuscular cysticercosis in varied locations, without central nervous system involvement, which responded to conservative treatment. We discuss in this report the unusual clinical presentation, the diagnostic difficulties, the image findings, and management of these lesions.