A Case of Pulmonary Sparganosis in a Patient with a History of Recurrent Sparganum Infections.
10.4046/trd.2009.67.3.229
- Author:
Yun Jung OH
1
;
Mi Jin KIM
;
Jun Hyung CHO
;
Chi Woon CHA
;
Do Hoon KIM
;
Mi Jung OH
;
Jae Yong CHIN
;
Sung Sil CHOI
;
Kye Won KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea. dhkim@dmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung;
Sparganosis;
Recurrence
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Adult;
Axilla;
Cestoda;
Humans;
Larva;
Lung;
Muscles;
Recurrence;
Scapula;
Sparganosis;
Sparganum;
Spirometra;
Subcutaneous Tissue;
Thigh;
Thorax
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2009;67(3):229-233
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Sparganosis is a zoonosis caused by the migrating larvae of cestode genus Spirometra. We report a rare form of sparganosis that invades the lung. A 44-year-old man presented with newly appeared pulmonary nodules that were found accidentally on regular medical checkup, and on sequential chest CT, which we checked at an interval of every 2 months, revealed that the pulmonary lesion had migrated. The patient had a medical history of having undergone surgical excisions for sparganosis in muscles and in subcutaneous tissues of the lower abdomen, perianus, thigh, right axilla, and scapula area, several times over 7 years. A right middle lobectomy was performed and the lesion was diagnosed as sparganosis based on the characteristic histological findings.
