Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018; 29(2):307-310

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2018.29.2.307

증례

경부 종괴에서 발견된 스파르가눔증 1예

최규성¹, 강시형¹, 박기철¹^,^*

A Case of Sparganosis in Subcutaneous Tissue of Neck

Kyu sung Choi¹, Si Hyeong Kang¹, Gi cheol Park¹^,^*

¹성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea

^*교신저자: 박기철, 51353 경남 창원시 마산회원구 팔용로 158 성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실 전화 :(055) 233-5983·전송 :(055) 233-5441 E-mail: uuhent.park@gmail.com

© Copyright 2018 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: May 30, 2018; Revised: Nov 06, 2018; Accepted: Nov 27, 2018

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Sparganum is the larvae of a parasite called Spirometra. It usually lives in snakes or frogs, which are parasitic on the human who consume them raw. Sparganum is presented with a form of mobile subcutaneous nodule in various parts of human body. A 78 years old man with palpable neck mass visited our clinics. He had a history of eating snakes raw about 50 years ago. He was diagnosed with Sparganosis through a fine needle aspiration biopsy and underwent excisional biopsy. Sparganosis should be considered when dealing subcutaneous palpable neck mass with history of consuming raw snakes or frogs. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2018;29:307-310)

Keywords: 경부 종괴; 스파르가눔증

Keywords: Neck; Subcutaneous mass; Sparganosis