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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(5):616-619.
- 혈변으로 발현한 스파르가눔증 1예
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이영주, 장재영, 동석호, 김효종, 김병호, 장영운, 장 린
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- A case of sparganosis presenting as hematochezia
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Youngju Lee, Jae Young Jang, Seok Ho Dong, Hyo Jong Kim, Byung-Ho Kim, Young Woon Chang, Rin Chang
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- Abstract
- Sparganosis is a parasite infection caused by a sparganum, which is a plerocercoid larva of cestodes in the genus Spirometra. Recently, we experienced an unusual case of sparganosis of the descending colon in a 68‐year‐old female who presented with acute abdominal pain and severe hematochezia. At colonoscopy, a large hematoma was seen in the descending colon. The biopsy specimen showed the degenerating sparganum of a parasitic worm. We report this with a brief review of literature.
Keywords :Sparganosis, Descending colon, Hematochezia
