[A case of Sparganosis mansoni with a painless mass in the inguinal region and the scrotum].
Sparganosis mansoni rarely occurs in the inguinal and perineal regions in Japan. A case of Sparganosis mansoni with a painless mass in the left inguinal region is presented. A 67-year-old male visited our hospital with a complaint of a painless mass in the left inguinal region in May, 1995, and another mass appeared in the scrotum two days after the first visit. Ultrasonography revealed a solid subcutaneous mass 2 cm in diameter. These masses were surgically excised by an inguinal approach and a parasite, 10 cm in length, was found in the mass. The parasite was diagnosed histologically as Sparganosis mansoni, which is a larva of the genus Diphyllobothrium.
Ishida
Y
Y
Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Naitoh
Y
Y
Nishida
M
M
Soh
J
J
Ito
Y
Y
Uehara
H
H
Uchida
M
M
Watanabe
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D013032:Sparganum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014463:Ultrasonography