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Case report: Molecular diagnosis of subcutaneous Spirometra erinaceieuropaei sparganosis in a Japanese immigrant.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Tappe, D; Berger, L; Haeupler, A; Muntau, B; Racz, P; Harder, Y; Specht, K; Prazeres da Costa, C; Poppert, S
Abstract:
We report a case of subcutaneous sparganosis in a 68-year-old female Japanese immigrant in Germany. The patient complained of a painless erythema caudal of the umbilicus with a palpable subcutaneous cherry-sized lump. Polymerase chain reaction on formalin-fixed parasite tissue identified Spirometra erinaceieuropaei as the causative agent; the proliferative form of sparganosis, which is caused by the branching and disseminating Sparganum proliferum, could, thus, be excluded. From the excised spa...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Year:
2013
Journal volume:
88
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
198-202
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0406
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166198
Print-ISSN:
0002-9637
TUM Institution:
Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie; Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene; Lehrstuhl für Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie (Prof. Machens)
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