title: [Human sparganosis].
abstract: Endemic subcutaneous sparganosis was described in right pectoral region of a 29-year-old male Vietnamese. It was caused by 2nd larval stadium (plerocercoid, sparganum) of a tapeworm Spirometra mansoni. Lesion was discovered during the patient's 2nd month in this country, surgery was made 7 months later. Description is the first in Czech Republic.
authors.affiliation: Oddĕlení patologie VUFB.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vortel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Halberstadt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valkounová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology