A Case of Pulmonary Sparganosis in a Patient with a History of Recurrent Sparganum Infections.

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

doi:2009.67.3.229

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 67(3); 2009 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2009;67(3):229-233.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2009.67.3.229 Published online September 1, 2009.

A Case of Pulmonary Sparganosis in a Patient with a History of Recurrent Sparganum Infections.

Yun Jung Oh, Mi Jin Kim, Jun Hyung Cho, Chi Woon Cha, Do Hoon Kim, Mi Jung Oh, Jae Yong Chin, Sung Sil Choi, Kye Won Kwon

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea. dhkim@dmc.or.kr
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea.

Abstract

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.

Key Words: Lung, Sparganosis, Recurrence