Human cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by the larval form of Taenia solium. It commonly affects brain, skeletal muscle, subcutaneous tissue, and eye. In subcutaneous tissue, it presents as painless palpable nodules mimicking various clinical conditions. Here, we are reporting such an interesting case of cutaneous cysticercosis, presented by a 26-year-old female patient at left cervical region, which was clinically misinterpreted as tubercular lymphadenitis but diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology because of the presence of larval cuticle and parenchyma in a background of mixed inflammatory infiltrate, and confirmed subsequently by histopathology.
Key words: Cutaneous nodule, cysticercosis, fine needle aspiration cytology
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