Larval Taenia solium cyst in bovine muscles

France, Pays Jean-François

Cysticerci are larval stages of T. saginata. In parasitized bovine meat, they look like translucent vesicles that are from 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter. They contain an invaginated scolex. Man gets contaminated by adult stage of T. saginata after eating cysticercus-infected raw or undercooked meat.