Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases
Cysticercosis is a well known parasitic infestation occurring at multiple sites including brain, muscles, liver, lungs, heart and peritoneum. Clinical presentation may be misleading most of the times. We herewith report two cases of oral cysticercosis which we encountered in our setup within a w...
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doaj-f46a7730e4954f1289b07f07fcea32d02020-11-25T02:21:56ZengJCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.National Journal of Laboratory Medicine2277-85512455-68822017-01-0161 PC01PC0310.7860/NJLM/2017/23198:2186Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two CasesShweta Katiyar0Preeti Agarwal1 Malti Kumari Maurya2Shruti Chauhan3Junior Resident, Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, UP, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, UP, India.Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, UP, India.Junior Resident, Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, UP, India.Cysticercosis is a well known parasitic infestation occurring at multiple sites including brain, muscles, liver, lungs, heart and peritoneum. Clinical presentation may be misleading most of the times. We herewith report two cases of oral cysticercosis which we encountered in our setup within a week. Both patients were young, urban vegetarian females presenting with cheek swelling. One had a diffuse swelling while other developed a cystic lesion. We found dead worm in the haematoxylin and eosin stained sections, but one may not always find it. Therefore, a high index of suspicion is needed in endemic areas. In cases of nonspecific inflammation serial sectioning and processing of the whole specimen is recommended before signing off a case as non specific inflammation even more, if we have calcific deposits. The correct diagnosis is of huge importance as involvement of other organs may give rise to serious complications. We report two cases of oral cysticercosis which reveal the importance of the histopathologic examination, emphasizing the need to include cysticercosis in the differential diagnosis of oral nodular lesions in endemic areas. Informed consent was taken from both the patients prior to the examination. http://www.njlm.net/articles/PDF/2186/23198_F(GH)_PF1(VsuGH)_PFA(GH)_PF2(VsuGH).pdfcalcific depositsgranulation tissuehistopathology |
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Shweta Katiyar Preeti Agarwal Malti Kumari Maurya Shruti Chauhan Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases National Journal of Laboratory Medicine calcific deposits granulation tissue histopathology |
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Shweta Katiyar Preeti Agarwal Malti Kumari Maurya Shruti Chauhan |
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Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases |
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Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases |
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Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases |
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Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases |
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Non Specific Inflammation: A Waste-Basket Diagnosis Harboring Cysticercus–Report of Two Cases |
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non specific inflammation: a waste-basket diagnosis harboring cysticercus–report of two cases |
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Cysticercosis is a well known parasitic infestation occurring at
multiple sites including brain, muscles, liver, lungs, heart and
peritoneum. Clinical presentation may be misleading most of
the times. We herewith report two cases of oral cysticercosis
which we encountered in our setup within a week. Both patients
were young, urban vegetarian females presenting with cheek
swelling. One had a diffuse swelling while other developed
a cystic lesion. We found dead worm in the haematoxylin
and eosin stained sections, but one may not always find it.
Therefore, a high index of suspicion is needed in endemic
areas. In cases of nonspecific inflammation serial sectioning
and processing of the whole specimen is recommended before
signing off a case as non specific inflammation even more, if
we have calcific deposits. The correct diagnosis is of huge
importance as involvement of other organs may give rise to
serious complications.
We report two cases of oral cysticercosis which reveal the
importance of the histopathologic examination, emphasizing
the need to include cysticercosis in the differential diagnosis of
oral nodular lesions in endemic areas. Informed consent was
taken from both the patients prior to the examination.
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