Korean J Dermatol.
1999 Sep;37(9):1316-1319.
Two Cases of Sparganosis
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, korea.
Abstract
- Sparganosis is an infection caused by sparganum, the generic term for the migrating plerocercoid larva of tapeworm which belongs to the species Spirometra. We experienced two cases of sparganosis. The first patient was a 49-year-old woman. She visited our hospital because of a painful subcutaneous nodule on her left forearm, which had developed on her left shoulder at first and migrated to the medial aspect of the forearm. She had drunk fresh water 12 years ago at a mountain. The second patient was a 39-year-old man who showed a subcutaneous nodule on the right lower leg. He had eaten raw snake about 20 years ago. Sparganosis was confirmed after the larval worms were found in the excised tissues in both cases.
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