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A Case of Pulmonary Sparganosis in a Patient with a History of Recurrent Sparganum Infections

Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases,
2009, v.67 no.3, pp.229-233









& (2009). A Case of Pulmonary Sparganosis in a Patient with a History of Recurrent Sparganum Infections. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 67(3), 229-233.
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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.

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Lung, Sparganosis, Recurrence

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