Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1992;12(2): 307-310.
맹장의 스파르가눔증 ( Sparganosis ) 1예 ( Cecal Sparganosis Manifested as Chronic Intestinal Obstruction - Case report - )
류지곤, 고광철, 박중원, 김용태, 윤용범, 송인성, 최규완, 김정룡 (Ji Kon Ryu, Kwang Cheol Koh, Jung Won Park, Yong Tae Kim, Yong Bum Yun, In Sung Song, Kyu Wan Choi and Chung Yong Kim)
Abstract
Sparganosis is a parasitic infectious disease by sparganum which is a plerocercoid larva of spirometra, a kind of cestode. We experienced a case of intramural sparganosis of cecum presenting as chronic intermittent abdominal pain. A 39 year old man was hospitalized due to intermittent abdominal pain for 6 months and the operation was done under the impreesion of the intestinal tuberculosis or submucosal tumor of cecum after diagnostic work-up. Resected cecum revealed diffuse wall thickening and luminal narrowing. The microscopic findings showed a degenerated larva in the muscle layer with typical tissue reaction which was basically noncaseating cavitary granulomatous inflammation and many calcareous corpuscles which were pathognomonic features of cestode were prominent within the degenerated worm.
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