We reviewed the clinical epidermiologic features and skin biopsies of 23 patients who were diagonosed with sparganosis. Clinically, the parasites were obtained from the lesions and confirmed histopathologically. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate
the clinical, epidemiological, and histopathological characteristics of sparganosis.
@ES The results are summurized as follows:
@EN 1. There were no difference between male (48%) and female (52%) patients.
2. Age distribution, at first visit, were variable, ranging from 7 to 75, with the mean age of 40 years-old.
3. Duration of symptoms were variable, ranging from 10 years to 15 years. with a mean duration of 3 years.
4. Frequency of clinical features were as follows ; movable or fixed subcutaneous nodule (16 cases), subcutaneous nodule with pain & focal warmth to touch (6 cases), seizure (1 case).
5. Number of parasites per lesion were : single lesion with single parasite (21 case), single lesion with two parasites (2 cases) and three parasites (3 cases).
6. Frequency of location of lesion were : abdominal wall (8 cases), thigh (4 cases), breast (3 cases), scrotum (3 cases), arm (2 cases), buttock (1 cases). chest wall (1 case). brain (1 case).
7. The histological change of the affected tissue were characterized as follows :
1) necrotizing and granulomatous tissue with or without parasites in the lesions.
2) some cases were associated with marked fibrosis or formation of lymphoid follicles.
3) There were many lympho-histocytes, eosinophils, giant cells and some plasma cells near the lesions. (Kor J Dermatol 1992;30 (2) : 168-174)
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