Oral cysticercosis: case report

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2007 Oct;104(4):e56-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.05.006. Epub 2007 Aug 13.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Cysticercosis / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Larva
  • Mouth Diseases / pathology*
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology