Subcutaneous Taenia crassiceps infection in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Infections with larvae of Taenia crassiceps are rare in humans and have mostly affected patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We report the first case of a patient with malignancy (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) and infection of the subcutis and muscles of the hand and forearm. Surgery and antiparasitic chemotherapy led to a complete cure.
Heldwein
Katharina
K
Medical and Surgery Department, General Hospital Trostberg, Trostberg, Germany.
Biedermann
Hans-Gernot
HG
Hamperl
Wolf-Dieter
WD
Bretzel
Gisela
G
Löscher
Thomas
T
Laregina
Davide
D
Frosch
Matthias
M
Büttner
Dietrich W
DW
Tappe
Dennis
D
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007814:Larva / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D001084:Vidarabine Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000276:immunology
D001084:Vidarabine Phosphate; C042382:fludarabine phosphate; D011223:Praziquantel; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D015766:Albendazole