Khare Pratima, Chauhan Nidhi, Dogra Rajeev, Kala Pooja, Chand Priyanka
Department of Pathology, Dr B.S. Ambedkar Hospital, New Delhi, 110085, India.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2014 Aug;42(8):716-8. doi: 10.1002/dc.23109. Epub 2014 Mar 8.
Cysticercosis of the tongue is a rare disease caused by infestation with the larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) in which man acts as a secondary host rather than a primary host. Most of these lesions are asymptomatic. The patient usually reports to the physician with the complaint of swelling. The solitary swelling in the tongue of this young 12-year-old girl was not suspected clinically for cysticercosis. Fine needle aspiration cytology, used for pre-operative diagnosis, suggested the possibility of cysticercosis. Detailed medical evaluation was carried out which ruled out neural cysticercosis and other extraneural lesions. The complete removal of the lesion was achieved by simple excision. The histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of lingual cysticercosis.
舌部囊尾蚴病是一种由猪带绦虫（链状带绦虫）幼虫期感染引起的罕见疾病，在这种疾病中，人作为中间宿主而非终宿主。这些病变大多无症状。患者通常因肿胀不适而就医。这位12岁年轻女孩舌部的孤立性肿胀在临床上未被怀疑为囊尾蚴病。用于术前诊断的细针穿刺细胞学检查提示有囊尾蚴病的可能。进行了详细的医学评估，排除了神经囊尾蚴病和其他神经外病变。通过简单切除实现了病变的完整切除。组织病理学检查确诊为舌部囊尾蚴病。
