A Case of Sparganosis.
- Author:
Dae Gyoo BYUN
;
Baik Kee CHO
;
Won HOUH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Abscess;
Adult;
Eating;
Humans;
Korea;
Male;
Sparganosis*;
Thigh
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1982;20(3):501-505
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Human sparganosis is not uncommon and over 60 cases are reported in Korea but the case infested with multiple spargana is rare. The case we are reporting here is a 33 year-old Korean male having had an abscess and several bean-sized nodules on the left thigh. The patient had the history of eating frogs as a tonic food 3 years ago. Five spargana were removed from the lesions by surgical excision. Two of them were alive and other three were degenerated or calcified.
