Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report

Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report

Oral cavity is nidus of much pathology. Some may arise due to altered eating habits such as meat, uncooked food etc. The parasitic infections arising from ingesting uncooked pork (larva of pork tapeworm) called as cysticercosis and being undiagnosed lead to “diagnostic dilemma”. Herein we report a...

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Main Authors: Cheena Singh, M Parvathi Devi, Kamal Sagar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
cysticercosis
orofacial region
tapeworm larva
tongue
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10583/27834_CE[Ra]_F(Sh)PF1_(SY_MJ_PY)_PFA(SY_GG)_PF2(SH_SS).pdf
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spelling doaj-3a002681c4ed42339d3ec30caa07fd5a2020-11-25T02:40:24ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2017-09-01119ZD04ZD0510.7860/JCDR/2017/27834.10583Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case ReportCheena Singh0M Parvathi Devi1Kamal Sagar2Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Teertnaker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Institute, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Demonstrator, Department of Periodontology, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.Oral cavity is nidus of much pathology. Some may arise due to altered eating habits such as meat, uncooked food etc. The parasitic infections arising from ingesting uncooked pork (larva of pork tapeworm) called as cysticercosis and being undiagnosed lead to “diagnostic dilemma”. Herein we report a case of cysticercosis involving the right dorsum of tongue along with review of literature.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10583/27834_CE[Ra]_F(Sh)PF1_(SY_MJ_PY)_PFA(SY_GG)_PF2(SH_SS).pdfcysticercosisorofacial regiontapeworm larvatongue
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M Parvathi Devi
Kamal Sagar
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Kamal Sagar
Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
cysticercosis
orofacial region
tapeworm larva
tongue
author_facet Cheena Singh
M Parvathi Devi
Kamal Sagar
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title Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report
title_short Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report
title_full Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report
title_fullStr Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Tiny Creature in Oral Cavity: A Case Report
title_sort tiny creature in oral cavity: a case report
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2017-09-01
description Oral cavity is nidus of much pathology. Some may arise due to altered eating habits such as meat, uncooked food etc. The parasitic infections arising from ingesting uncooked pork (larva of pork tapeworm) called as cysticercosis and being undiagnosed lead to “diagnostic dilemma”. Herein we report a case of cysticercosis involving the right dorsum of tongue along with review of literature.
topic cysticercosis
orofacial region
tapeworm larva
tongue
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