Encysted Tenia solium larva of oral cavity: Case report with review of literature

Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the pig tapeworm, Tenia solium. Oral cysticercosis is a rare event and is often a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. We report a 12-year-old girl who presented with a single, painless, nodule on the lower lip that was diagnosed as cysticercosis. Current l...

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Autores principales: Krishnamoorthy, Bhuvana, Suma, Gundareddy N, Dhillon, Manu, Srivastava, Siddharth, Sharma, Manisha Lakhanpal, Malik, Sangeeta Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23230370
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.101103
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Sumario:Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the pig tapeworm, Tenia solium. Oral cysticercosis is a rare event and is often a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. We report a 12-year-old girl who presented with a single, painless, nodule on the lower lip that was diagnosed as cysticercosis. Current literature on the clinical presentations, investigations, and treatment of the condition has been reviewed in this article. We have also proposed a set of criteria for the diagnosis of oral cysticercosis.

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