Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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A Case of Sparganosis

Sparganosis의 1예(例)

  • Song, O.D. (Je-nam Rural Hospital) ;
  • Rim, H.J. (Dept. of Parasitology and Institute for Tropical Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, J.S. (Dept. of Parasitology and Institute for Tropical Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Korea University)
  • 송오달 (제남농촌의료원) ;
  • 임한종 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실 및 열대풍토병연구소) ;
  • 이준상 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실 및 열대풍토병연구소)
  • Published : 1980.01.01
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Abstract

A case of sparganosis was presented. Sparganosis is not infrequent tissue helminthiasis in Korea and the incidence has been evidently increased. The patient was a 50-year-old Korean male who had a habit of eating raw flesh of fresh water fish. He first noticed the appearance of two peanut-sized masses in the right subcostal region, however, the two masses enlarged gradually to a pigeon egg size during 5 years. On surgical exploration, one larva (61 cm in length and 4 to 6 mm in width) from two masses was extracted. It was moved actively in warm physiological saline solution.

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