Isolated muscular cystic echinococcosis mimicking neoplasia

Musculoskeletal cystic echinococcosis can present as an isolated disease mimicking neoplasia. Along with albendazole therapy, complete excision avoiding cyst rupture is essential to prevent disease dissemination and hypersensitivity reactions. Conventional epidemiology and molecular typing can help differentiate between domestic and sylvatic strains of echinococcosis in the traveler and migrant population.