A human coenurus infection in Canada.
This is the first description of human coenurus infection in Canada. The patient, a 38-year-old Caucasian woman, suffered severe and incapacitating symptoms, including recurrent rash, pyrexia, night sweats and lymphadenopathy, that were suspicious of a lymphoma, possibly Hodgkin's disease. She received several trials of chemotherapy over a 3-year period which controlled her symptoms, but only during the treatment periods. The appearance of a hemorrhagic mass in the left breast led to the surgical removal of bladder-like cysts. The patient's symptoms have not recurred since the cysts were exercised. These have been identified as larvae of Taenia serialis.
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000469:parasitology; D002170:Canada; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D013621:Taenia