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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(6):755-758.
- 항암 치료 중인 위암 환자에서 피부 전이로 오인된 스파르가눔증
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이지숙, 박선자, 박무인, 김규종, 문 원, 신은경, 박동양
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- A case of sparganosis mimicking a skin metastasis in a patient with stomach cancer
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Jee Suk Lee, Seun Ja Park, Moo In Park, Kyu Jong Kim, Won Moon, Eun Kyung Shin, Dong Yang Park
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- Abstract
- Sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease caused by the migrating plerocercoid larva of tapeworms in the genus Spirometra. The most frequent clinical manifestation of human sparganosis is a subcutaneous nodule resembling neoplastic disease. Since the disease is relatively uncommon, even in endemic areas, sparganosis is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of skin lesions. We experienced a case of sparganosis mimicking a skin metastasis in a patient with metastatic stomach cancer and made the diagnosis after an excisional tissue biopsy.
Keywords :Sparganosis, Cancer
