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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.309

A Case of Sparganosis in the Leg  

Lee, Kyung-Joon (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine)
Myung, Na-Hye (Department of Pathology, Dankook University College of Medicine)
Park, Hyun-Woo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.48, no.4, 2010 , pp. 309-312 More about this Journal
Abstract
The life-span of the sparganum in humans is not exactly known, but it may survive longer than 5 years in some patients. We experienced a case infected with a sparganum that is presumed to have lived for 20 years in a patient's leg. The patient was a 60-year-old woman, and she was admitted to a hospital due to ankle pain that was aggravated on dorsiflexion. She had noticed a mass on her knee some 20 years ago, but she received no medical management for it. The mass moved into the ankle joint 3 months before the current admission, and then the aforementioned symptoms appeared. A living sparganum was recovered by surgery, and the calcified tract near the knee was proved to be the pathway along which the larva had passed.
Keywords
sparganum; sparganosis; leg;
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