1/9. cysticercosis of the oral mucosa: aspiration cytologic diagnosis.Oral mucosa is a rare site for cysticercosis. This paper describes eight cases of cysticercosis involving the oral cavity: four in the buccal mucosa, two in the lips, one in the tongue and one in the gums. All of the patients presented with a solitary superficial mucosal nodule, with duration varying from one month to three years. Larval fragments of cysticercus cellulosae on an inflammatory background were seen in cytologic smears in all cases. diagnosis of cysticercosis was clinically unsuspected in all these cases prior to aspiration cytologic diagnosis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/9. Oral cysticercosis--report of six cases.BACKGROUND: cysticercosis cellulosae rarely involves the oral region in humans. methods: Six cases of oral cysticercosis were diagnosed, three each in lips and buccal mucosa. diagnosis was made by characteristic gross and histopathologic appearances. RESULTS: Of 146 cases of cysticercosis, 6 (4.1%) were of the oral cavity. All 6 cases were initially seen with painless swellings. Clinical differential diagnosis ranged from retention cyst, lipoma, fibroma, neurofibroma, and angular stomatitis. Histopathologic examination revealed cysticercus larvae. CONCLUSIONS: The oral cavity is a rare site of involvement by cysticercosis, even in an endemic area. Histopathologic findings of the excised cyst are diagnostic of the lesion.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/9. Oral cysticercosis: case report and review of the literature.cysticercosis 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.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.059097864478265keywords = cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/9. Intraocular cysticercosis.We observed and photographed intraocular cysticercosis in a 50-year-old woman. The subretinal cysticercus in the macular area produced a macular break during its passage from the subretinal space into the vitreous cavity. The parasite was removed by closed vitrectomy, but the macular break was left untreated because there was no vitreous traction to the macula. The patient ultimately developed a subretinal scar in the macular area, and visual acuity improved from hand movements to counting fingers.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.059097864478265keywords = cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/9. Intraocular cysticercosis.Two intravitreal Taenia cysts were removed intact by pars plana vitrectomy from a 59-year-old woman who had never left the continental united states. The intraocular course of the cysts progressed from an initial chorioretinal location, accompanied by an intense focal inflammatory reaction, to free floating in the vitreous cavity within two months; thereafter, there was only a low-grade vitritis for an additional five months until removal. light and electron microscopic studies suggested cysticercus cellulosae as the infecting agent, although mature hooklets were absent. Local pork products were considered to be the source of the infection. Preretinal fibrosis and posterior subcapsular vacuoles were the final residua and did not progress after removal of the cysts. Although uncommon in the united states, cysticercosis should be considered in cases of focal necrotizing chorioretinitis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.059097864478265keywords = cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/9. Encysted parasitic larvae in the mouth.Oral appearances of intestinal parasitic disease are rare. One such appearance is the presence in oral tissues of encysted or encapsulated larvae of organisms from the classes Cestoidea and nematoda. Cestode larvae form cyst-like lesions that are often clinically diagnosed as mucoceles. In these lesions, the cyst cavity is lined by fibrous tissue with inflammatory cells, and contains fluid and the larval stage of a parasite. The diagnosis of these parasitic cysts is more frequently made in younger persons. The cysts may be treated by simple excision, but care must be taken that the cyst does not rupture, as in some parasites this may result in new cyst formation. Nematode infection in the oral cavity, the most common of which appears to be trichinosis, is rarely reported. patients with oral or maxillofacial (or both) parasitic disease must undergo a thorough medical investigation to exclude possible life-threatening involvement in other parts of the body.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.0590978644783keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/9. Macular and peripheral subretinal cysticercosis.We describe two cases of subretinal cysticercosis. In the macular case the parasite was easily recognized, but it migrated to the vitreous cavity during the surgical scleral procedure leaving behind great chorioretinal damage. In the peripheral case fluorescein angiography contributed to the diagnosis, and the surgical approach was easy and successful.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.059097864478265keywords = cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/9. Intravitreal cysticercosis.Examination of a 36-year-old man with naked visual acuity of 20/20 revealed a floating, conspicuous cyst of cysticercus cellulosae in the vitreous cavity of the right eye. A vitreous traction band from the vitreous base and the optic disc was connected to the lodging bulb of the cyst. In the superonasal area, an ovoid retinal break surrounded by a white retinal lesion with two elliptical retinal hemorrhages was found, and this seems to be the previous lodging site of the cyst. A pars plana vitrectomy was performed to remove the parasite, and laser photocoagulation was carried out around the retinal break. Four months after the operation, the patient was satisfied with naked visual acuity of 25/20 without any complication in the affected eye.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.059097864478265keywords = cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/9. cysticercosis of the oral cavity: report of five cases and a review of literature.This paper reports on five cases of cysticercosis of tongue and buccal mucosa, diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), affecting child patients who presented between January 1994 and October 1997. Four cases presented with gradually increasing nodular swelling of the dorsum of tongue and in the fifth case the swelling was situated on the buccal mucosa of the left side. A clinical diagnosis of cysticercosis was not entertained in any of these patients, who each presented with a solitary lesion; instead, it was considered to be a benign cyst or benign tumour of salivary gland or mesenchymal tissue, before FNAC diagnosis. These lesions of the oral cavity may present first to a dentist and, in endemic areas, cysticercosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of solitary nodular lesions of the oral cavity, particularly in young individuals.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |