Korean J Med.
2009 Nov;77(5):616-619.
A case of sparganosis presenting as hematochezia
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jyjang@khu.ac.kr
Abstract
- Sparganosis is a parasite infection caused by a sparganum, which is a plerocercoid larva of cestodes in the genus Spirometra. Recently, we experienced an unusual case of sparganosis of the descending colon in a 68.year.old female who presented with acute abdominal pain and severe hematochezia. At colonoscopy, a large hematoma was seen in the descending colon. The biopsy specimen showed the degenerating sparganum of a parasitic worm. We report this with a brief review of literature.
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