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%) 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.
Nigam
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Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, C-367 Saraswati Vihar, Pitampura, Delhi, 34 India.
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Mishra
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Chaturvedi
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KU
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology