Case Report

Year : 2020 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | Page : 12-14

Cysticercosis of tongue in a 4‐year‐old child: Rare entity

Dayanand Hota, Krishnendra Dhar Dwivedi1, Aarti Sharma, Shailesh Patel

Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 1 Department of Pediatrics, Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Dayanand Hota, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

E‐mail: dayanandhota@gmail.com

Abstract

Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by larval form of tapeworm. Infestation of human tissues is uncommon, and affliction of the oral cavity and tongue is rare. We are reporting a case of 4-year-old male child with painless cystic mass on the right border of tongue 1 cm × 2 cm × 2 cm in size firmly attached to tongue for 2 months. Histopathology reveals cysticercosis of tongue.

Keywords: Asia, parasitic infection, tongue

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How to cite this article:

Hota D, Dwivedi KD, Sharma A, Patel S. Cysticercosis of tongue in a 4‐year‐old child: Rare entity. Int J Head Neck Pathol 2020;3:12-4.