Oral cysticercosis: case report and review of the literature

Abstract

SUMMARYCysticercosis is a condition that occurs when man is infested by the larvae of Taenia solium, acting as an intermediate host instead of definitive. Oral cysticercosis is a rare event, and it represents a difficulty in clinical diagnosis. A case of oral cysticercosis in a 23-year-old white female who presented a painless swelling in the dorsal portion of the tongue is reported. An excisional biopsy was performed and histopathological examination revealed a cystic cavity containing the tapeworm.

A Solitary Phlebolith in the Buccal Mucosa: Report of a Rare Entity and Clinicopathologic Correlation

“…A capsule of fibrous connective tissue around a cystic cavity containing dead Cysticercus cellulosae (larva) which undergoes eventual secondary calcification, focal collection of eosinophils among a dense inflammatory infiltrate are some of the salient histological features of cysticercosis which help in easy differentiation from a phlebolith. 18 Occasionally, phleboliths are a feature of some syndromes like Maffucci syndrome, the Klippel-TrenaunayWeber syndrome, the Sturge-Weber syndrome, and the rubber-bleb syndrome. However, they usually occur in multiple numbers in these syndromes, unlike in our case which presented as a single solitary lesion.…”

A solitary facial nodular swelling – A case report of intramuscular cysticercosis in buccinator muscle

“…Additionally, the scolex shows signs of hyaline degeneration. There-after, the cyst wall thickens and the scolex is transformed into coarse mineralised granule is termed the granular stage [2,4] .…”

“…Humans beings are infected by eating uncooked or partially cooked pork containing cysticercus cellulose. Inside the alimentary canal of the man, the scolex of the cysticercus evaginates and attaches to the gut wall by its suckers and then develops into an adult worm and the eggs or gravid proglottids are passed out with faeces [2] . Sometimes humans acts as intermediate host where eggs get into the stomach as a result of retroperistalsis or contaminated hands [3] .…”

“…solium that causes cysticercosis is endemic to several parts of the globe including China, Southeast Asia, India, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America [2,4,5] . The World Health Organization estimates that over 50 000 deaths per year are caused by neurocysticercosis worldwide [5] .…”

“…Oral cysticercosis is very rare in the oral and maxillofacial region although the muscular tissue is usually asymptomatic [2] . According to the literature reports, the prevalence of oral cysticercosis is 4.1%.…”