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17727370

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Herein, we report a rare case of subcutaneous sparganosis in a 60-year-old Japanese woman. She had a 2 cm x 2 cm elastic-hard, subcutaneous nodule, which was the larva of a tapeworm, and a surrounding granuloma in her internal thigh. It was thought that she became infected by drinking water contaminated with the worm. She was definitively diagnosed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). After excision of the lesion, the titer of ELISA showed clear decline; therefore, we could conclude that she had been completely freed from sparganosis. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound sonography of her subcutaneous nodule demonstrated the characteristic signs: a band-like structure in the MRI and a coiled linear hypoechoic body in a clear, oval mass in the ultrasound sonography.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0385-2407
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
654-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Case of subcutaneous sparganosis: use of imaging in definitive preoperative diagnosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan. fwkc8662@nifty.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports