Intestinal Spargnanosis Presenting as an Inflammatory Mass: A case report.
- Author:
Weon Seo PARK
;
Seung Sook LEE
;
Yong Il KIM
;
Seon Hee KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sparganosis;
Intestine;
Inflammatory tumor
- MeSH:
Male;
Humans;
Diagnosis, Differential
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1992;26(4):414-416
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 39-year-old male patient presented with chronic abdominal pain and intermittent diarrhea for 8 months. Colon study showed an annular stricture at the ileocecal value. He underwent ileocecectomy with clinica impression of intestinal tuberculosis. The resected intestinal wall along the lieocecal junction demonstrated a localized, annular constriction and intramural nodular inflammatory growth in which were clusters of multiple microabscesses as well as acute and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration including eosinophils and fibrosis. Encountered were a few resolving phase of parasitic granulomatous tunnels in which fragments of degenerated sparganum with foreign body reaction were found in one focus. He had history of ingesting uncooked frogs 2 years ago. The above case suggests that differential diagnosis of inflammatory tumorous lesions in the intestine should include sparganosis in Korea.
