title: Filariasis in Mandible and Maxilla: A Rare Entity-First Report of a Case.
abstract: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori, categorized as nematodes, are responsible for causing lymphatic filariasis. Even though it can affect individuals of all age groups and both genders, it predominantly affects people of low socioeconomic strata. The filarial worms dwell in the subcutaneous tissues and lymphatics of human hosts. In India, W bancrofti is the primary nematode to cause filariasis, which is transmitted through the bite of blood-sucking infected female anopheles mosquitoes. Lymphangitis, leading to elephantiasis of the legs, arms, scrotum, and breast, is the most salient clinical feature of lymphatic filariasis. The presence of filarial worms in the oral and perioral soft tissues is uncommon; moreover, the presence of filarial worms in a centrally occurring bony lesion is highly unusual and has not yet been reported. We report a case of a central giant cell granuloma due to filariasis that was diagnosed after biopsy of innocuous radiolucent bony lesions of the maxilla and mandible.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. Electronic address: sthitaprajnalenka@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sthitaprajna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lenka
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: Nitish Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of Department, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: Sobhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Tutor, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: Karishma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rathor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed