Solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: A rare presentation

Cysticercosis in human is caused by larva of cyclophyllid cestode named Taenia solium. Worm infestation is quite common in developing countries due to poor sanitation, habit of open defection. This condition primarily involves central nervous system. We present a rare case of myocysticercosis involv...

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Autores principales: Singh, Shankar, Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Sharma, Naresh Kumar, Pandey, Arun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30546241
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njms.NJMS_18_18
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author Singh, Shankar
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description Cysticercosis in human is caused by larva of cyclophyllid cestode named Taenia solium. Worm infestation is quite common in developing countries due to poor sanitation, habit of open defection. This condition primarily involves central nervous system. We present a rare case of myocysticercosis involving the masseter muscle.
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spelling pubmed-62512842018-12-13 Solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: A rare presentation Singh, Shankar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, Naresh Kumar Pandey, Arun Natl J Maxillofac Surg Case Report Cysticercosis in human is caused by larva of cyclophyllid cestode named Taenia solium. Worm infestation is quite common in developing countries due to poor sanitation, habit of open defection. This condition primarily involves central nervous system. We present a rare case of myocysticercosis involving the masseter muscle. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6251284/ /pubmed/30546241 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njms.NJMS_18_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: A rare presentation
title_fullStr Solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: A rare presentation
title_full_unstemmed Solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: A rare presentation
title_short Solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: A rare presentation
title_sort solitary myocysticercosis of masseter muscle: a rare presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30546241
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njms.NJMS_18_18
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