Calcified onchocercal nodule in the infratemporal fossa: a rare case

C Mauprivez; P Harlay; F Gruffaz; P Goudot

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.09.012

Calcified onchocercal nodule in the infratemporal fossa: a rare case

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2016 May;54(4):463-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.09.012. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Authors

C Mauprivez¹, P Harlay², F Gruffaz³, P Goudot⁴

Affiliations

¹ Service d'Odontologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France; EA 2496, Université Paris Descartes; Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paris Diderot. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Service d'Odontologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.
³ Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.
⁴ Service de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.

PMID: 26455660
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.09.012

Abstract

Onchocerciasis is a parasitic tropical disease that often presents as multiple, superficial nodules. When it is unique and deeply situated, its clinical diagnosis is difficult. We report a case of a calcified onchocercoma that was localised to the infratemporal fossa.

Keywords: Infratemporal fossa; Onchocerciasis; Onchocercoma; Parasitic disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Onchocerciasis*