title: Sparganosis: a rare case of the oral cavity.
abstract: Sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease. We here reported an extremely rare case of intraoral sparganosis in a 21-year-old Thai female. Clinically, the lesion presented as an asymptomatic nodule 1 cm x 1 cm in the left upper labial mucosa. An excisional biopsy was performed and the pathological examinations revealed a larva of a sparganum surrounded by a fibrous capsule heavily infiltrated with eosinophils. Excision of the lesion was curative. The possible route of infection of the patient might be due to drinking water, contaminated with Cyclops containing procercoid larvae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Odontology and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 50200. iamaroon@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iamaroon
authors.forename: Kom
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sukontason
authors.forename: Kabkaew
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sukontason
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery