A Case of Sparganosis mansoni in the Thigh: Serological Validation of Cure Following Surgery

Cases of Sparganum mansoni, caused by the plerocercoid larva of the tapeworm S. mansoni, occur throughout the world, particularly in Asian, Middle Eastern, and European countries. However, cases of infection with this parasite are rarely seen in Japan. Here, we present a case of a 61-year-old woman...

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Autores principales: Chiba, T, Yasukochi, Y, Moroi, Y, Furue, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23109970
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author Chiba, T
Yasukochi, Y
Moroi, Y
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description Cases of Sparganum mansoni, caused by the plerocercoid larva of the tapeworm S. mansoni, occur throughout the world, particularly in Asian, Middle Eastern, and European countries. However, cases of infection with this parasite are rarely seen in Japan. Here, we present a case of a 61-year-old woman with a solitary subcutaneous nodule in left inner aspect of the thigh, from which a long, slender, whitish worm was surgically removed. The parasite was histopathologically identified as S. mansoni. Serological testing confirmed cure of the infection after surgical removal of the parasite. The authors advocate immunoserological examination in case of S. mansoni.
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spelling pubmed-34691802012-10-29 A Case of Sparganosis mansoni in the Thigh: Serological Validation of Cure Following Surgery Chiba, T Yasukochi, Y Moroi, Y Furue, M Iran J Parasitol Case Report Cases of Sparganum mansoni, caused by the plerocercoid larva of the tapeworm S. mansoni, occur throughout the world, particularly in Asian, Middle Eastern, and European countries. However, cases of infection with this parasite are rarely seen in Japan. Here, we present a case of a 61-year-old woman with a solitary subcutaneous nodule in left inner aspect of the thigh, from which a long, slender, whitish worm was surgically removed. The parasite was histopathologically identified as S. mansoni. Serological testing confirmed cure of the infection after surgical removal of the parasite. The authors advocate immunoserological examination in case of S. mansoni. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3469180/ /pubmed/23109970 Text en © 2012 Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Sparganosis mansoni in the Thigh: Serological Validation of Cure Following Surgery
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