Sparganosis: A rare case of the oral cavity
Sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease. We here reported an extremely rare case of intraoral sparganosis in a 21-year-old Thai female. Clinically, the lesion presented as an asymptomatic nodule 1cm × 1cm in the left upper labial mucosa. An excisional biopsy was performed and the pathological examin...
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th-cmuir.6653943832-10222014-08-29T09:17:36Z Sparganosis: A rare case of the oral cavity Iamaroon A. Sukontason K. Sukontason K. Sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease. We here reported an extremely rare case of intraoral sparganosis in a 21-year-old Thai female. Clinically, the lesion presented as an asymptomatic nodule 1cm × 1cm in the left upper labial mucosa. An excisional biopsy was performed and the pathological examinations revealed a larva of a sparganum surrounded by a fibrous capsule heavily infiltrated with eosinophils. Excision of the lesion was curative. The possible route of infection of the patient might be due to drinking water, contaminated with Cyclops containing procercoid larvae. 2014-08-29T09:17:36Z 2014-08-29T09:17:36Z 2002 Article 09042512 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00051.x 12269995 JPMEE http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036786801&partnerID=40&md5=5088a365aa39d7841f2b15658283183c http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12269995 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1022 English |
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Sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease. We here reported an extremely rare case of intraoral sparganosis in a 21-year-old Thai female. Clinically, the lesion presented as an asymptomatic nodule 1cm × 1cm in the left upper labial mucosa. An excisional biopsy was performed and the pathological examinations revealed a larva of a sparganum surrounded by a fibrous capsule heavily infiltrated with eosinophils. Excision of the lesion was curative. The possible route of infection of the patient might be due to drinking water, contaminated with Cyclops containing procercoid larvae. |
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