Oral Cysticercosis- A Diagnostic Dilemma.
Cysticercosis, a helminthic disease commonly seen in India, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Southern Africa, results from extraintestinal encystation of the larval form of Taenia solium. It is a condition in which man acts as intermediate host instead of definitive host. The most frequent sites of cysticercosis are subcutaneous layers, brain, muscles, heart, liver, lungs, and peritoneum. Oral cysticercosis is considered rare and cause cystic swellings or nodules in the mouth and a precise clinical diagnosis is not usually established. Here, we report a case of oral cysticercosis in a 32-year-old female occurring in the mentalis muscle presenting as asymptomatic nodule.
Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Narketpally , Nalgonda, Telangana, India .
Pavan G
PG
Kulkarni
Post Graduate, Department of Oral Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Narketpally , Nalgonda, Telangana, India .
Pavan
P
Palakurthy
Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Narketpally , Nalgonda, Telangana, India .
Keerthi
K
Muddana
Professor and Head of Department, Department of Oral Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Narketpally , Nalgonda, Telangana, India .
Rateesh Kumar
RK
Nandan
Cysticercus cellulosae; Mentalis muscle; Taenia solium