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First reports of subcutaneous sparganosis in Sri Lanka
M S Wijesundera1, N Ratnatunga, M P Kumarasinghe
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
The Ceylon Medical Journal
|March 1, 1997
Abstract
Objective:
To report and create awareness of sparganosis, a parasitic zoonosis caused by a larval stage of Spirometra sp.
Setting:
Two patients with non-tender subcutaneous lumps. DIAGNOSIS CRITERIA: Morphology of solid cestode larva in excision biopsies.
Conclusions:
Although these two instances were innocuous, infection is potentially dangerous as larvae are long lived and could invade vital organs. The most likely source of infection in Sri Lanka is ingestion of the infected first intermediate host, Cyclops, in water.