Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
Dispatch
Molecular Identification of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Tapeworm in Cases of Human Sparganosis, Hong Kong
Table
Characteristics of cases of human sparganosis, Hong Kong, 1999–2015*
Pt no. | Year | Age, y/sex | Ethnicity | Probable place/mode of infection | Location of lesion | Size of worm or lesion, cm | Clinical features | PEC, × 109/L (% total WBC count) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1999 |
67/F |
Chinese |
Unk/Unk |
Right breast |
0.15 × 0.1 × 0.7, 0.15 × 0.1 × 0.7, 0.1 × 0.5 × 0.5 (lesions excised) |
Right breast mass |
NR |
2 |
2000 |
46/M |
Chinese |
Unk/Unk |
NR |
0.15 (worm length) |
NR |
NR |
3 |
2002 |
29/F |
Chinese |
Unk/Unk |
Epigastrium of abdominal wall |
4 × 2.5 × 2 (lesion excised) |
NR |
NR |
4 |
2003 |
63/F |
Chinese |
Unk/Unk |
Left thigh |
0.6 (maximum dimension of lesion excised) |
Progressive enlarging mass for 2 years |
NR |
5 |
2004 | 44/M | Chinese |
Unk/Unk | Right thigh | 1.5 × 1.5 (lesion); 0.27 × 0.2 × 0.5 (worm) | Right thigh nodule for 6 months | NR |
2014 |
55/M |
Unk/Unk |
Right thigh and suspected left frontal lobe |
1.6 × 1.3 × 1.4 (lesion) |
Recurrent right thigh nodule; suspicious 2 × 5 × 5 mm T2W/FLAIR hyperintensity with contrast enhancement in left frontal white matter |
0.22 (3.7) |
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6 |
2005 |
43/F |
Chinese |
Unk/Unk |
Left breast |
0.21 (lesion excised) |
Progressive enlarging left breast mass |
0.1 (0.7) |
7 |
2011 |
58/M |
Chinese |
China/ingestion of frogs and snakes |
Left chest wall |
3 × 2.5 × 1 (lesion) |
Left chest wall mass for 3 years |
0.21 (2.5) |
8 |
2013 |
49/F |
Filipino |
Unk/Unk |
Left parietal lobe |
0.17 × 0.12 × 0.23 (lesion) |
Right-sided numbness and weakness for 2 days |
0.1 (1.1) |
9 | 2015 | 73/M | Chinese | China/ingestion of frogs | Left thigh | 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.1 (lesion excised) | Progressive enlarging left inner thigh mass for 1 year | 0.21 (4.2) |
*All worms were identified as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei. NR, not recorded; PEC, peripheral eosinophil count; Pt, patient; T2W/FLAIR, T2-weighted/fluid attenuation inversion recovery; Unk, unknown; WBC, white blood cell.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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