Persisting Eyelid Swelling in a Traveler Returning From Peru

Four Case Reports of Cutaneous Sparganosis From Peruvian Amazon

“…6 The second case was a Belgian woman who developed sudden swelling of the right lower eyelid at the end of a 3-week trip to Peru; the surgical excision revealed a parasitic form consistent with sparganum. 7 The most common species of Spirometra found in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia include S. mansoni , whereas in the Americas, it is S. mansonoides . 4 A more aggressive course is associated with infections with Sparganum proliferum , causing proliferative sparganosis; in such cases, massive infection with numerous larvae is the rule, and mortality is quite common.…”