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KMID : 0383820090670030229
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2009 Volume.67 No. 3 p.229 ~ p.233
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A Case of Pulmonary Sparganosis in a Patient with a History of Recurrent Sparganum Infections
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Oh Yun-Jung
Kim Mi-Jin
Cho Jun-Hyung
Cha Chi-Woon
Kim Do-Hoon
Oh Mi-Jung
Chin Jae-Yong
Choi Sung-Sil
Kwon Kye-Won
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Abstract
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Sparganosis is a zoonosis caused by the migrating larvae of cestode genus Spirometra. We report a rare form of sparganosis that invades the lung. A 44-year-old man presented with newly appeared pulmonary nodules that were found accidentally on regular medical checkup, and on sequential chest CT, which we checked at an interval of every 2 months, revealed that the pulmonary lesion had migrated. The patient had a medical history of having undergone surgical excisions for sparganosis in muscles and in subcutaneous tissues of the lower abdomen, perianus, thigh, right axilla, and scapula area, several times over 7 years. A right middle lobectomy was performed and the lesion was diagnosed as sparganosis based on the characteristic histological findings.
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KEYWORD
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Lung, Sparganosis, Recurrence
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