Human sparganosis, a neglected food borne zoonosis

Liu, Quan; Li, Mingwei; Wang, Zedong; Zhao, Guang‐Hui; Zhu, Xingquan

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(15)00133-4

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“…The expelled larvae were flat, long and thread-like (35-40 cm long and 1.5-1.7 mm in width). Sparganum larvae may involve potentially all body tissues but the subcutaneous tissue is the most frequent site[14]. The phenomenon is speculated by the hypothesis that the plerocercoid larvae migrate to the tissue of rather low temperature.…”

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Presumptive case of sparganosis manifesting as a hepatic mass: A case report and literature review

Jo¹,

Lee²,

Hong³

et al. 2016

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A 60-year-old man was admitted due to rectosigmoid colon cancer, and a hepatic mass was incidentally found during the staging work-up. The mass appeared cystic with a thick wall and contained multiple bizarre cord-like structures on ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The differential diagnoses included organizing abscess/hematoma, foreign body granuloma and parasite infestation. Serologic study revealed anti-sparganum antibodies. Over 4-year follow-up, the patient did not complain of symptoms, and no changes in the characteristics of the liver mass were observed. Hepatic sparganosis is rare; only two cases have been clinically reported, and no detailed radiologic description was available until now. This case report presents a detailed radiologic description of a hepatic mass that could most likely represent hepatic sparganosis.

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Presumptive case of sparganosis manifesting as a hepatic mass: A case report and literature review

Jo¹,

Lee²,

Hong³

et al. 2016

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“…There are reported cases of cerebral [5], ocular [6], renal [7], hepatic and subcutaneous sparganosis from different parts of India also. The lancet infectious disease journal reports that only one case of subcutaneous, one case of ocular, four cases of cerebrospinal and two cases of visceral sparganosis have been reported till now from India [8]. But a recent published case report series from Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut shows that it is not so uncommon.…”

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Breast Sparganosis: A Rare Cause of Breast Lump

Shah¹,

Degloorkar²

2016

JCR

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Abstract:Sparganosis is a zoonotic larval cestode infection, rarely found in India. Sparganosis of the breast is a quite rare parasitic infection of humans and presents as soft tissue masses that mimic breast malignancy or benign tumor. We present here a case of histologically confirmed breast sparganosis. Ultrasonography of breast showed a well-defined, hypo-echoic mass lesion above pectoral muscles, lying deep to breast tissue. MRI revealed a well-defined lesion in plane between pectoral muscle and breast. Histopathology of excised lump showed presence of larval form of spirometra.

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“…Till now, only three cerebral sparganosis cases were reported in Europe [9,17] . Sparganosis can migrate to various tissues and organs, such as subcutaneous connective tissue, muscle, breast, lungs and the central nervous system [2] . Reported cerebral sparganosis cases are quite small compared to other site sparganosis, but according to Hong et al [18] the prevalence of cerebral sparganosis was underestimated, many cases were not reported.…”

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“…The genus spirometra constitutes several species including S mansonoides, one of the most commonly reported human sparganosis infections in Asia [1] . The lifecycle of spirometra starts with adult worms living in the intestines of dogs and cats and eggs shed in faeces in the environment, while frogs and snakes usually serve as second intermediate hosts [2] . Humans are mainly infected through drinking untreated water containing spirometra lar vae, consumption of undercooked frog or snake meat, or using raw flesh on open wounds as traditional poultices [3][4][5][6][7] .…”

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