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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14356/1816| Title: | Cysticercosis of the Tongue |
| Authors: | Sharma, B P Gaunt, F Sigdel, B |
| Citation: | SharmaB. P., GauntF., & SigdelB. (2014). Cysticercosis of the Tongue. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.508 |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | Nepal Health Research Council |
| Article Type: | Case Report |
| Keywords: | Cysticercosis Oral Rare disease Taenia solium |
| Series/Report no.: | May-Aug, 2014;508 |
| Abstract: | Abstract Cysticercosis is a condition in which a human being acts as the intermediate host of Taenia solium, a pork tape worm.The oral mucosa is an uncommonly involved site. A rurally living 35 year old vegetarian female presented with a swelling over the right side of her tongue of seven months duration. Histopathology of excisional biopsy revealed it to be cysticercosis. Diagnosis of cysticercosis was clinically unsuspected. The patient was referred to the general medical clinic for further treatment. Â Keywords: cysticercosis; oral; rare disease; Taenia solium. |
| Description: | Case Report |
| URI: | http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/20.500.14356/1816 |
| ISSN: | Print ISSN: 1727-5482; Online ISSN: 1999-6217 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol. 12 No. 2 Issue 27, May - Aug 2014 |
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