A Case of Sparganosis in the Leg.
10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.309
- Author:
Kyung Joon LEE
1
;
Na Hye MYUNG
;
Hyun Woo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan 330-714, Korea. m3artist@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
sparganum;
sparganosis;
leg
- MeSH:
Animals;
Female;
Histocytochemistry;
Humans;
Leg/parasitology/pathology/radiography/surgery;
Microscopy;
Middle Aged;
Sparganosis/*diagnosis/parasitology/surgery;
Sparganum/*isolation & purification
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2010;48(4):309-312
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The life-span of the sparganum in humans is not exactly known, but it may survive longer than 5 years in some patients. We experienced a case infected with a sparganum that is presumed to have lived for 20 years in a patient's leg. The patient was a 60-year-old woman, and she was admitted to a hospital due to ankle pain that was aggravated on dorsiflexion. She had noticed a mass on her knee some 20 years ago, but she received no medical management for it. The mass moved into the ankle joint 3 months before the current admission, and then the aforementioned symptoms appeared. A living sparganum was recovered by surgery, and the calcified tract near the knee was proved to be the pathway along which the larva had passed.
