Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass

Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is endemic in many parts of the world. We present a case of one such lesion which presented itself as an asymptomatic buccal swelling. We present the life cycle of T. solium, the endemic nature of this infection, and the relevance of histological examination to...

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Autores principales: Thambiah, Lalita J., Pugazhendi, Satish Kumaran, Thangaswamy, Vinod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Dental Science - Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23066243
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.100261
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author Thambiah, Lalita J.
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description Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is endemic in many parts of the world. We present a case of one such lesion which presented itself as an asymptomatic buccal swelling. We present the life cycle of T. solium, the endemic nature of this infection, and the relevance of histological examination to arrive at a diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-34678912012-10-12 Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass Thambiah, Lalita J. Pugazhendi, Satish Kumaran Thangaswamy, Vinod J Pharm Bioallied Sci Dental Science - Case Report Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium is endemic in many parts of the world. We present a case of one such lesion which presented itself as an asymptomatic buccal swelling. We present the life cycle of T. solium, the endemic nature of this infection, and the relevance of histological examination to arrive at a diagnosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3467891/ /pubmed/23066243 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.100261 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass
title Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass
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title_fullStr Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass
title_full_unstemmed Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass
title_short Cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass
title_sort cysticercosis masquerading as a buccal mass
topic Dental Science - Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467891/
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