%0 Journal Article
%T Oral cysticercosis: case report and review of the literature
%A Elias
%A Fernando Melhem
%A Martins
%A Mar¨ªlia Trierveiler
%A Foronda
%A Rodrigo
%A Jorge
%A Waldyr Ant£¿nio
%A Ara¨²jo
%A Ney Soares de
%J Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de S£¿o Paulo
%D 2005
%I Instituto de Medicina Tropical
%R 10.1590/S0036-46652005000200007
%X 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.
%K oral cysticercosis
%K taenia solium
%K cysticercus cellulosae
%K taeniasis.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0036-46652005000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en