Oral dirofilariasis: Report of a case arising in the buccal vestibular region

Manuel, Suvy; Kumar, Lakshya; Khalam, Sherin A.

doi:10.1016/j.ajoms.2014.05.006

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“…Dirofilaria (synonym: threadlike worm) is a parasite of domestic and wild animals that can infect humans secondarily by mosquitoes [1]. Our case is strictly demonstrating the features of the Dirofilaria repens located in the temporal area.…”

Section: Clinical and Intraoperative Features Of Dirofilariasis Of The Temporal Region: Casesupporting

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“…According to their significant amount of cases the Dirofilaria was located in the subcutaneous tissue (49 cases), the epididymis (2 cases), the spermatic cord (2 cases), the lung (2 cases), the breast (2 cases), the omentum (2 cases), and under the conjunctival tissue (1 case) [7]. In 2015 Manuel et www.dtjournal.org al reported only a 13th intraoral case of Dirofilaria published in literature [1]. Also a lot of case reports described ocular Dirofilariasis [8].…”

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“…Dirofilaria (synonym: threadlike worm) is a parasite of domestic and wild animals that can infect humans secondarily by mosquitoes [1]. From the Latin dīrus ("fearful", "vicious" or "ominous") + fīlum ("thread") [2] and repens ("creeping").…”

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Clinical and Intraoperative Features of Dirofilariasis of the Temporal Region: Case Report

Rybak¹,

Cherniak

Snisarevskyi

et al. 2018

J. Diagn. Treat. Oral Maxillofac. Pathol.

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Dirofilaria (synonym: threadlike worm) is a parasite of domestic and wild animals that can infect humans secondarily by mosquitoes. Our case is strictly demonstrating the features of the Dirofilaria repens located in the temporal area. And we precisely described that stage of absence of Dirofilaria migration as stage of anabiosis (state of greatly reduced metabolism) before its encapsulation stage.

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Clinical and Intraoperative Features of Dirofilariasis of the Temporal Region: Case Report

Rybak¹,

Cherniak

Snisarevskyi

et al. 2018

J. Diagn. Treat. Oral Maxillofac. Pathol.

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Systematic Review of Lesser Known Parasitoses: Maxillofacial Dirofilariasis

Chaudhry

Khatana

Dutt

et al. 2018

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Background Dirofilariasis is an endemic disease in tropical and subtropical countries caused by about 40 different species of dirofilari. Dirofilariasis of the oral cavity is extremely rare and is usually seen as mucosal or submucosal nodules. We also present a case of dirofilariasis of the mandibular third molar region submucosally in a 26 year old male patient. Purpose To identify, enlist and analyze the cases of dirofilariasis in maxillofacial region reported worldwide so as to understand the clinical presentation and encourage the consideration of helminthic infections as a possible differential diagnosis in maxillofacial swellings. Methods Two authors KC and SK independently searched the electronic database of PUBMED, OVID, Google Scholar and manual search from other sources. A general search strategy was planned and anatomic areas of interest identified. The search was made within a bracket of 1 month by the independent authors KC and SK who assessed titles, abstracts and full texts of articles based on the decided keywords. The final selection of articles was screened for the cases that were reported in the maxillofacial region including the age, gender, site of occurrence and region of the world reported in. A geographic distribution of the reported cases was tabulated. Results A total number of 265, 97, 1327, 3 articles were identified by PubMed, Ovid, GoogleScholar and manual search respectively. The final articles were manually searched for duplicates and filtered according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria which led to a final list of 58 unique articles that were included in the study. In total 99 cases were identified. Conclusion Although intraoral dirofilarial infections are extremely uncommon, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an intraoral or facial swelling that does not completely respond to routine therapy especially in patients from endemic areas.

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Oro-facial filariasis–A systematic review of the literature

Bytyqi,

Karas,

Pechmann

et al. 2024

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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Introduction Filarial pathogens are described to inhabit and affect subcutaneous and lymphatic tissues of the human host. To date, little is known on how much oral health might be affected by filarial infections, even though involvement of the oro-facial region is pathophysiologically possible. Therefore, we conducted this systematic review of the literature to help reduce the current evidence gap. First, we reviewed the existing literature related to oro-facial filariasis and summarized all confirmed cases in detail. Second, we presented the demographic clinical characteristics of published oro-facial filariasis cases using descriptive statistics. Methods A comprehensive search was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar to identify scholarly articles on oro-facial filariasis (PROSPERO: CRD42024551237). Clinical trial registries of clinicaltrials.gov and the Pan-African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR) were checked for ongoing studies on oro-facial filariasis. From clinical articles on filariasis and oro-facial health, patient-specific information was ascertained such as country of diagnosis, age, sex and symptoms of the patient, location of filarial disease manifestation, filarial worm species diagnosis, main clinical diagnosis, as well as main pathology and lastly therapy. Descriptive statistics were computed. Results The systematic search was conducted on 18.06.2024. Initially a total of 1,064 publications was identified. No registered study on oro-facial filariasis was found on large clinical trial registers. After sequentially assessing abstracts and full-texts for eligibility, the analysis population was reduced to 68 articles amounting to 111 cases of oro-facial filariasis. Published articles which were identified and ultimately selected consisted solely of case reports, or case series; not a single epidemiological study was found in the published body of literature. Published data on oro-facial filariasis was identified from as early as 1864 until 2022. The median age of oro-facial filariasis cases was 39 years (range: 1 year to 80 years) and evenly distributed between the two sexes (49% [54/110] female and 51% [56/110]; sex not reported for one case). The vast majority of identified cases was on oro-facial dirofilariasis (92% [102/111]), followed by lymphatic filariasis (2.5% [3/111]), lymphatic filariasis with squamous carcinoma (2.5% [3/111]), and lastly by onchocerciasis (1% [1/111]). Although in 34% (38/111) of articles there was no clear description of the main pathology of oro-facial filariasis, all of the remaining 73 articles described nodules or swellings. Asymptomatic manifestations constituted almost 75% (55/73) and only about 25% (18/73) of articles described a symptomatic case. Conclusion Although filarial diseases are to date not generally regarded as being associated with oral health problems this assumption might not be justified. This comprehensive systematic review was conducted to detect and collate all published studies on oro-facial filariasis. The fact that only case reports, or case series were identified suggests that this constitutes a neglected field of research. Cases identified in the published literature indicate that the vast majority of published oro-facial, filarial case reports were cases of dirofilariasis. Among the published studies, oro-facial filariasis manifested exclusively as nodules or swellings in different tissue locations. These nodules and swellings were mostly asymptomatic and therefore, cancer is an important differential diagnosis.

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Oral dirofilariasis: Report of a case arising in the buccal vestibular region

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Clinical and Intraoperative Features of Dirofilariasis of the Temporal Region: Case Report

Clinical and Intraoperative Features of Dirofilariasis of the Temporal Region: Case Report

Systematic Review of Lesser Known Parasitoses: Maxillofacial Dirofilariasis

Oro-facial filariasis–A systematic review of the literature

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