A Case of Sparganosis in Renal Allograft Recipient.
- Author:
Byung Hyun YOO
1
;
Sung Ha HWANG
;
Joo Hyun PARK
;
Byung Soo KIM
;
Ho Chul SONG
;
Jong Min LEE
;
Chul Woo YANG
;
Suk Young KIM
;
Byung Kee BANG
;
Eun Deok CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sparganosis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Allografts*;
Cyclosporine;
Female;
Humans;
Immunosuppressive Agents;
Inflammation;
Larva;
Parasitic Diseases;
Prednisolone;
Seroma;
Sparganosis*;
Sparganum;
Spirometra;
Subcutaneous Tissue;
Thigh
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
2000;14(1):115-117
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Human sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease infected by plerocercoid larva (sparganum) of Spirometra species. It was usually diagnosed accidentally. In this article, we report a 44-year-old woman reanl allofraft recipient on cyclosporine and prednisolone as the immunosuppressive agents. She presented an enlarging subcutaneous nodule in the left thigh for 20 days, which was excised in the belief that it was a seroma. Characteristic sparganum lava accompanied by granulomatous inflammation and cyst formation in the subcutaneous tissue were discovered under microscopic examination of the excised tissue. However, the infectious source was not clear.
