Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine

Paragonimiasis Involving the Female Genital Tract and Cul De Sac: A case report.: Mi Sook Lee, Yun Sin Kim, Sung Chul Lim, Keun Hong Kee, Ho Jong Jeo, Chae Hong Suh; Korean J Pathol. 1996;30(5):457-459.

Abstract PDF: Paragonimiasis caused by Paragonimus westermani is essentially a pulmonary disorder, but it is also known to cause ectopic parasitism at various sites in human host such as the brain, muscle, liver, spinal cord and spleen. Ectopic parasitism of the female genital tract, especially the ovary is relatively rare. We have experienced a case of a 62-year-old Korean woman with asymptomatic ectopic paragonimiasis in the salpinx , ovary, and cul de sac.

Ectopic Paragonimiasis Presented as Multiple Colonic and Liver Masses.: Hye Sung Kim, Young Soo Lee, Yun Kyung Kang, Hye Kyung Lee, Jun Hee Kim, Hyuk Sang Lee; Korean J Pathol. 1997;31(4):357-360.

Abstract PDF: Ectopic paragonimiasis has been diagnosed in many organs such as the mesentery, ovary, pleura, central nervous system, subcutis and very rarely in the liver. However, simultaneous involvement of the colon and liver, which mimics colonic cancer with liver metastasis, is quite unusual, and to our knowledge has never been reported. Our case is a 63 year old woman who visited our hospital because of upper abdominal pain. Radiologically, space occupying lesions were detected in the transverse colon, mesocolon and left hepatic lobe. After the radical presection, they were proved to be an ectopic paragonimiasis forming multiple cavitary parasitic granulomas with Charcot-Leyden crystals and degenerating eggs.

Breast Mass as a Manifestation of Ectopic Paragonimiasis: A case report.: Yung Suk Lee, Seung Yeon Ha, Hyun I Cho, Han Kyeom Kim, Jung Won Bae, In Sun Kim; Korean J Pathol. 1993;27(6):656-658.

Abstract PDF: Paragonimus westermani can cause extrapulmonary parasitism in various sites such as abdominal organ, brain, eye, periorbital tissue, heart and pericardium, mediastinum, and subcutaneous tissue. We experienced a case of subcutaneous paragonimiasis involving the breast. The lesion exhibited chronic granuloma with scattered eggs of paragonimus westermani. The adult worm was not found within the lesion which should be disintegrated a year ago by praziquantel treatment. This relatively rare involvement of ectopic paragonimiasis should be differentiated from breast malignancy.

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