title: [A case report of sparganosis mansoni in the cheek].
abstract: Sparganosis mansoni is a kind of parasitic infective disease, rarely seen in clinic. A case of sparganosis mansoni is reported in this article. The patient was a 25-year-old male, who came to Xiangya Hospital on September 26, 2007 because of a mass in the left cheek. A white tape-like body was found during the operation and recognized to be a live parasite. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay of the serum revealed positivity against Spirometra mansoni. The final identification proved that the white tape-like body was Sparganum mansoni. The disease of this patient was caused by eating raw flesh of frogs infected with the Sparganum mansoni.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-jing
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xin-chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Xiao-shan
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hui-jing
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013031:Sparganosis; D013032:Sparganum