Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine

Original Article

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Sparganosis.: Sung Suk Paeng, Yoon Ju Kim, Seong Eun Yang, Hee Jin Chang, Jung Il Suh, Young Chun Moon; J Pathol Transl Med. 1996;7(1):59-63.

Abstract PDF: Human sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease in which the larval cestode proliferates in the various organs in the body. It usually presents as a subcutaneous or soft- tissue mass. By fine needle aspiration this lesion can be diagnosed with its characteristic cytologic findings. We experienced 3 cases of sparganosis diagnosed by the fine needle aspiration. Aspirates were taken from subcutaneous mass in the abdomen and both thighs respectively. The aspirates showed a portion of body of sparganum with numerous calcospherules, smooth muscles and tegmentat cells. They also revealed granulomas with various inflammatory infiltration of eosinophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes and plasma cells.

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