Soft tissue cysticercosis is not uncommon in daily clinical practice. Cutaneous, subcutaneous or intramuscular swellings, masquerading as  soft tissue tumours or skin adnexal lesions, are often diagnosed as cysticercosis, by imaging, FNAC and Biopsy. 

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4. Pranab Dey, Fine needle aspiration cytology, 2nd Ed. Jaypee.

Dr Manimohan Bandopadhyay

MBBS, DCP, MIAC

BSM Clinilab Diagnostic and Imaging Centre Pvt Ltd

Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826001, India