Status of parasitic infection diagnosed by surgical biopsy in Kwangju and Chollanam-do.
10.3347/kjp.1994.32.2.93
- Author:
Jin KIM
;
Woo Sik CHUNG
;
Kyu Hyuk CHO
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-cestoda-nematoda-trematoda;
biopsy;
histopathology;
tissue parasite;
cysticercose;
ectopic;
Enterobius vermicularis;
Taenia solium;
Paragonimus westermani;
Clonorchis sinensis;
Entamoeba histolytica;
Anisakis;
Fasciola sp.;
paragonimiasis;
fascioliasis
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1994;32(2):93-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
: In order to know the species and frequency of human parasitic infection diagnosed by biopsy, 149 cases (0.18%) of parasitic infection were reviwed, which were selected from 80,947 biopsied materials submitted for routine histopathological examination during a period of 10 years from 1980 to 1989 at Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Hospital. They consisted of 112 cases of cysticercosis, 17 paragonimiasis, 7 clonorchiasis, 4 amebiasis, 1 sparganosis, 1 enterbiasis, 1 aniskiasis, and 1 fascioliasis respectively. Based on morphological preservation of cysticercus, they could be divided into mild (20.2%), morderate (40.4%), and severe (39.4%) degeneration. Except 2 cases biopsied at the lungs, 15 cases of ectopic paragonimiasis were located at abdominal cavity (8 cases) and central nervous system (7 cases). One case of intrahepatic fascioliasis was observed. This is the 13th human fascioliasis reported in Korea. From the above results, the frequency of parasitic infections found in biopsied specimens was on the decrease as the cysticercosis and ectopic paragonimiasis.
