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Sparganosis: a rare case of the oral cavity
Author(s) -
Sukontason Kabkaew
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00051.x
Subject(s) - sparganosis , nodule (geology) , lesion , medicine , asymptomatic , pathology , oral cavity , biopsy , rare disease , biology , helminths , disease , paleontology , cestode infections , orthodontics , immunology
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 1 cm × 1 cm 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.