Oral cysticercosis: case report.
Frequent in developing countries, cysticercosis is a parasitic infection that rarely involves the mouth. This study reports a case of oral cysticercosis in a 13-year-old female patient who had an asymptomatic nodule in the right labial mucosa. An excisional biopsy was carried out and the histopathologic examination revealed a cystic space containing a Taenia solium larva.
Ribeiro
Ana Carolina Prado
AC
São Paulo State University, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. carol_pr@yahoo.com.br
Luvizotto
Maria Cecília
MC
Soubhia
Ana Maria Pires
AM
de Castro
Alvimar Lima
AL
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology