CUTANEOUS SPARGANOSIS IN FRANCE - THE 2ND CASE DESCRIBED FROM EUROPE

Authors
GARIN YJF FROTTIER J LAVERGNESLOVE A HOUDART R POIROT JL
Citation
Yjf. Garin et al., CUTANEOUS SPARGANOSIS IN FRANCE - THE 2ND CASE DESCRIBED FROM EUROPE, APMIS. Acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica, 105(1), 1997, pp. 14-16
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
APMIS. Acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
09034641
Volume
105
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
14 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-4641(1997)105:1<14:CSIF-T>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The first case of sparganosis is reported from France. The patient, a 21-year-old man, presented with a subcutaneous lump on the chest, and the diagnosis was made on histological examination after needle biopsy . He achieved a complete recovery.