Sparganose

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Synonym(s)

Human sparganosis; Sparganosis; Sparganum

Definition
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Human sparganosis (sparganosis) is a rare food-borne zoonosis (raw fish, frog meat) that manifests clinically by slow-growing, painless, subcutaneous swelling (sparganum). More rare are space-occupying systemic metastases (e.g. intracranial, intramuscular). Sparganosis is mainly caused by the plerocercoid of Spirometra.

Localization
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Abdomen or the chest wall; muscles, brain. But other organs can also be affected.

Clinical picture
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The most common clinical sign of sparganosis are space-occupying processes(sparganum), which are often only discovered by chance. In case of subcutaneous infestation, subcutaneous swelling is detectable (sparganum, which is usually misdiagnosed as a lipoma).

Literature
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  1. Muigg V et al (2019) Case Report: Human Subcutaneous Sparganosis in a Thai Migrant.At J Trop Med Hyg 101:1170-1173.
  2. Prasetyo RH et al (2019) Sparganum in frog meat: A warning for the occurrence of human sparganosis. Trop Parasitol 9:130-131.

Incoming links (1)

Spirometra erinaceous egg;

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Spirometra erinaceous egg;

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020