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Scrotal sparganosis: with an emphasis on ultrasonographic findings
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- Issue Date
- 2008-03-01
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Citation
- Urology. 2008;71(2):351.e11-2.
- Keywords
- Adult ; Genital Diseases, Male/*parasitology/*ultrasonography ; Humans ; Male ; Sparganosis/*ultrasonography ; Scrotum
- Abstract
- Scrotal sparganosis is a rare parasitic infestation in which humans serve as the second intermediate host for a tapeworm of the genus Spirometra. We present one case of a 44-year-old man with an emphasis on the ultrasound (US) findings. The patient had a palpable scrotal subcutaneous nodule and a history of eating raw snakes 7 years prior. On US, we noted a well-defined, long, tubular, serpiginous lesion that had three different echoic layers, i.e., a peripheral low echoic rim, an intermediate high echoic line, and an inner slightly low echoic content that had a tram-tract appearance.
- ISSN
- 1527-9995 (Electronic)
0090-4292 (Print)
- Language
- English
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