Oral cysticercosis-report of six cases

Background Cysticercosis cellulosae rarely involves the oral region in humans. Methods Six cases of oral cysticercosis were diagnosed, three each in lips and buccal mucosa. Diagnosis was made by characteristic gross and histopathologic appearances. Results Of 146 cases of cysticercosis, 6 (4.1%) wer...

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Published in:Head & neck 2001-06, Vol.23 (6), p.497-499
Main Authors: Nigam, Sonu, Singh, Tejinder, Mishra, Archana, Chaturvedi, K. Uma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
buccal mucosa
Cysticercosis
Cysticercosis - diagnosis
Cysticercus - isolation & purification
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases caused by cestodes
Female
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Lip - parasitology
Lip - pathology
lips
Male
Medical sciences
Mouth Diseases - parasitology
Mouth Mucosa - parasitology
Mouth Mucosa - pathology
oral
Parasitic diseases
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Background Cysticercosis cellulosae rarely involves the oral region in humans. Methods Six cases of oral cysticercosis were diagnosed, three each in lips and buccal mucosa. Diagnosis was made by characteristic gross and histopathologic appearances. Results Of 146 cases of cysticercosis, 6 (4.1%) were of the oral cavity. All 6 cases were initially seen with painless swellings. Clinical differential diagnosis ranged from retention cyst, lipoma, fibroma, neurofibroma, and angular stomatitis. Histopathologic examination revealed cysticercus larvae. Conclusions The oral cavity is a rare site of involvement by cysticercosis, even in an endemic area. Histopathologic findings of the excised cyst are diagnostic of the lesion. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Head Neck 23: 497–499, 2001.
ISSN:1043-3074
1097-0347
DOI:10.1002/hed.1066