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Filarial abscess in the submandibular region

Filariasis is a parasitic infectious disease caused by filarial nematode worms. These worms mainly dwell in subcutaneous tissues and lymphatics of the human host, with a predilection for lower limbs, retroperitoneal tissues, spermatic cord, and epididymis. Oral or perioral involvement of the filaria...

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Autores principales: Kaur, Rupinder, Philip, Kandathil Joseph, Laxman, Kumar R, Masih, Kanwal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250107
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.119769
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author Kaur, Rupinder
Philip, Kandathil Joseph
Laxman, Kumar R
Masih, Kanwal
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description Filariasis is a parasitic infectious disease caused by filarial nematode worms. These worms mainly dwell in subcutaneous tissues and lymphatics of the human host, with a predilection for lower limbs, retroperitoneal tissues, spermatic cord, and epididymis. Oral or perioral involvement of the filarial nematode is rare. This case report describes a filarial abscess in the right submandibular region. Fine needle aspiration cytology of the abscess revealed the presence of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti species. The parasite was also present in the peripheral blood smear. Filarial infection presenting in this region is unusual and can cause diagnostic dilemma. The clinician can consider filariasis as one of the differential diagnosis while treating those abscesses in the orofacial region that are unresponsive to routine management, especially, patients hailing from endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-38302552013-11-18 Filarial abscess in the submandibular region Kaur, Rupinder Philip, Kandathil Joseph Laxman, Kumar R Masih, Kanwal J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Filariasis is a parasitic infectious disease caused by filarial nematode worms. These worms mainly dwell in subcutaneous tissues and lymphatics of the human host, with a predilection for lower limbs, retroperitoneal tissues, spermatic cord, and epididymis. Oral or perioral involvement of the filarial nematode is rare. This case report describes a filarial abscess in the right submandibular region. Fine needle aspiration cytology of the abscess revealed the presence of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti species. The parasite was also present in the peripheral blood smear. Filarial infection presenting in this region is unusual and can cause diagnostic dilemma. The clinician can consider filariasis as one of the differential diagnosis while treating those abscesses in the orofacial region that are unresponsive to routine management, especially, patients hailing from endemic areas. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3830255/ /pubmed/24250107 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.119769 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 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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title_short Filarial abscess in the submandibular region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250107
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.119769
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