Subcutaneous Taenia crassiceps infection in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Katharina Heldwein1, Hans-Gernot Biedermann, Wolf-Dieter Hamperl
1Medical and Surgery Department, General Hospital Trostberg, Trostberg, Germany.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|July 14, 2006
Abstract:
Infections with larvae of Taenia crassiceps are rare in humans and have mostly affected patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We report the first case of a patient with malignancy (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) and infection of the subcutis and muscles of the hand and forearm. Surgery and antiparasitic chemotherapy led to a complete cure.